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Siege Of Shimabara
The , also known as the or , was an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan from 17 December 1637 to 15 April 1638. Matsukura Katsuie, the '' daimyō'' of the Shimabara Domain, enforced unpopular policies set by his father Matsukura Shigemasa that drastically raised taxes to construct the new Shimabara Castle and violently prohibited Christianity. In December 1637, an alliance of local '' rōnin'' and mostly Catholic peasants led by Amakusa Shirō rebelled against the Tokugawa shogunate due to discontent over Katsuie's policies. The Tokugawa Shogunate sent a force of over 125,000 troops supported by the Dutch to suppress the rebels and defeated them after a lengthy siege against their stronghold at Hara Castle in Minamishimabara. Following the successful suppression of the rebellion, Shirō and an estimated 37,000 rebels and sympathizers were executed by beheading, and the Portuguese traders suspected of helping them were e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, perpetual peace, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The period derives its name from Edo (now Tokyo), where on March 24, 1603, the shogunate was officially established by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War, which restored imperial rule to Japan. Consolidation of the shogunate The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's regional '' daimyo''. A revolution took place from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tennō's court, to the Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Hosokawa Tadatoshi"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 359 細川忠利at ''Nihon jinmei daijiten''; retrieved 2013-5-29. He was the head of Kumamoto Domain. He was a patron of the martial artist Miyamoto Musashi. He married Chiyohime (1597–1649) daughter of Ogasawara Hidemasa and adopted daughter of the second Tokugawa shōgun, Hidetada. His childhood name was Mitsuchiyo (光千代). Having studied the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū under Ujii Yashiro, Tadatoshi wanted his guest, Musashi, to fight against the sword master of his fief, and see which style was the strongest. But Ujii, despite his full license in Yagyu Shinkage style, could not strike a single blow against him after numerous bouts. Lord Tadatoshi took over, but he too was powerless against Musashi. He said then about Musashi: "I never imagined there could be such a difference in levels of accomplishment!" Tadatoshi's grave is in Kum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the Emperor of Japan, emperor and the ''kuge''. In the term, means 'large', and stands for , meaning 'private land'. From the ''shugo'' of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period, Sengoku to the ''daimyo'' of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The backgrounds of ''daimyo'' also varied considerably; while some ''daimyo'' clans, notably the Mōri clan, Mōri, Shimazu clan, Shimazu and Hosokawa clan, Hosokawa, were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the ''kuge'', other ''daimyo'' were promoted from the ranks of the samurai, notably during the Edo period. ''Daimyo'' often hired samurai to guard their land, and they paid the samurai in land or food as relatively few could aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation. Rebellion can be individual or collective, peaceful ( civil disobedience, civil resistance, and nonviolent resistance) or violent (terrorism, sabotage and guerrilla warfare). In political terms, rebellion and revolt are often distinguished by their different aims. While rebellion generally seeks to evade and/or gain concessions from an oppressive power, a revolt seeks to overthrow and destroy that power, as well as its accompanying laws. The goal of rebellion is resistance while a revolt seeks a revolution. As power shifts relative to the external adversary, or power shifts within a mixed coalition, or positions harden or soften on ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Emosaku
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese politician and samurai *, Japanese writer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese beauty pageant winner *, Japanese writer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese general *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist *Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese admiral *Hiroki Yamada (other), multiple people *, Japanese chef *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mori Sōiken
was one of the leaders of Shimabara Rebellion at Japan. Outline His father was Nishimura Magobei (西村 孫兵衛, other name: 森 長意 Mori Nagamoto). Since his ancestor's generations, the Mori family worked as Shinto priests at Kawauchi province. He was born as Mori Dennosuke (森 傅之丞). The child Dennosuke was decided since his childhood that he would be the Konishi's retainer in a line length. For the time, Korea sent troops to the line length, carrying a lot of luggage crossing the sea. However, the ship wrecked and was saved by the Southerner, the Dutches picked it up for 6–7 years of spending. Afterwards, China inserted the mausoleum for gunpowders, due to a surgical treatment, instructed in confusion with the fire attack. While returning to Japan, the line length had already taken. Therefore, it concealed for a while at Kōyasan. The Castle of Osaka fell through the fight with Sanada Yukimura, that was renamed to The Escape of Mori Sōiken and stood in Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amakusa Shirō
, also known as , was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His Christian name was Geronimo and later Francisco. The uprising led by Shirō was defeated, and he was executed at the age of 17. His head was displayed on a pike near Nagasaki as a warning to Christians. His failures were reflected in the 1962 movie ''Amakusa Shirō Tokisada'' (shown in English-speaking countries as ''The Christian Revolt'' or ''The Revolutionary''), by the Japanese movie director Nagisa Oshima. Early life Shirō was born in 1621 as the son of Catholic parents, , a former Konishi clan retainer, and his wife. Urban legend speculates that Shirō could have been the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori, but these claims have little credibility. Portuguese Jesuit missionaries had been active in Japan since the late 16th century. By the age of 15, the charismatic youth was known to his Japanese Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaes Couckebacker
Nicolaes, Nicolaas, or Nicolas Coeckebacker or Couckebacker was twice Chief of the Dutch trading factory at Hirado, the Japanese trading post of the Dutch East India Company. He arrived in 1633 and stayed until fall 1635. His second stay as VOC Opperhoofd in Hirado was from 1637 till 1639. In late 1637, during the Shimabara Rebellion, the Matsudaira clan asked Coeckebacker to assist them in destroying the Catholic rebels led by Amakusa Shirō at Shimabara. Coeckebacker bombarded the insurgents during a fortnight in their stronghold in Hara Castle from his ship ''De Rijp'', starting on 24 February 1638. On 12 March Matsudaira Nobutsuna informed him to withdraw and thanked him for his help. Coeckebacker's participation in the assault, part of the Battle of Shimabara was, according to his own reports, both reluctant and ineffective. In 1640, he was attempting unsuccessfully to negotiate a trade agreement with the Trịnh Lords of Vietnam. Nicolaes Couckebacker wrote a ''Report Concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Arinaga
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese politician and samurai *, Japanese writer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese beauty pageant winner *, Japanese writer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese general *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist *Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese admiral *Hiroki Yamada (other), multiple people *, Japanese chef *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takada Matabei
was a retainer under the current lord over the Ogasawara during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan. Matabei was renowned as a famous adept of the art of the lance. While the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi had currently been staying within Kokura, Matabei had visited him at many times as to receive his unique teachings. The lord of Ogasawara had at one time requested Matabei to duel Musashi. Matabei was compelled to fight even though he had not wanted to, as to obey his lord's command. Matabei chose to use a bamboo lance, while Musashi chose an ordinary sword made of wood. At the beginning of their duel, Matabei had at first attacked Musashi with his lance, in which Musashi had then calmly penetrated in close range using the middle-level guard and won two times. Matabei's lance had slid between Musashi's legs the third bout however. Due to this fact, Musashi said, "''I was touched, therefore I lost this time''". Musashi had then told all of the onlookers how much of an adept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogasawara Tadazane
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Early life Tadazane was the son of (1569–1615) with Toku-hime, daughter of Matsudaira Nobuyasu and granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He married Kamehime, daughter of Honda Tadamasa with Kamehime (daughter of Matsudaira Nobuyasu) and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Trumbull, Stephen ''Samurai Heraldry,'' p. 61./ref> Daimyo Following the deaths of his father and elder brother in the Osaka Summer Campaign, his holdings were transferred from Akashi Domain (100,000 ''koku'') in Harima Province to the Kokura Domain (150,000 ''koku'') Buzen Province. Famed as the lord who employed Miyamoto Musashi's adopted son Iori, Tadazane took part in the Shogunate's campaign to quell the Shimabara Rebellion, where the Kokura forces assisted in the execution of survivors of the rebel force, predominantly Christians. Tadazane's son Tadataka succeeded him. Other children included Nagayasu, Naganobu, Sanekata, and three daughters (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arima Naozumi
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