Toyotomi Hideyori
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Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who united all of Japan toward the end of the Sengoku period. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobu
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Grave of Toyotomi Clan at Mount Kōya
Marker at the location of suicide of Hideyori and Yodo-dono, Osaka Castle
Replica of Great Buddha of Kyoto
Siege of Osaka
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The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages, the winter campaign and
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…the castle. Then in 1614, the Tokugawa besieged Osaka Castle against Hideyori. Tokugawa forces led by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada attacked Hideyori in the Siege of Osaka in the winter of 1614, known as "the winter Siege of Osaka". The attack failed, but Hideyori was induced to sign a truce and dismantle the defenses of…
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Yodo-dono, Hideyori's mother played a crucial role throughout the siege.
Siege of Osaka, 17th century Japanese painting commissioned by Kuroda Nagamasa, depicting 5071 people and 21 generals.