Osaka Castle
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Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the A
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Osaka Castle Aerial photograph 2017
Main tower
Outer moat of Osaka Castle
Yodo-dono
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Yodo-dono or Yodo-gimi, also known as Lady Chacha, was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the m
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…men inside the outer walls on June 4. Later, Osaka Castle fell to the Tokugawa shogunate and the Toyotomi clan perished, as Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodo-dono committed seppuku and the castle buildings burned to the ground. As the Toyotomi clan no longer existed, the Tokugawa shogunate expressed its desire…
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''Yodo no Kimi'' woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Memorial in place where Yodo-dono and Hideyori committed suicide after the fall of Osaka Castle.
Nakamura Utaemon V as Yodo-gimi in the kabuki play Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu