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Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
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Siege of Osaka
Series of battles in Japan
The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages, the winter campaign and the summer campaign, it lasted from 1614 to 1615. The siege put an end to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Osaka Castle
Historic castle in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan
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 Azuchi–Momoyama period.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)