Siege of Hara Castle

Siege of Hara Castle
Part of Shimabara Rebellion

Rebel banner.
Date22 January–11 April 1638
Location
Shimabara Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
(present-day Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
Result Shogunate victory
Belligerents
Tokugawa shogunate
Dutch East India Company		 Japanese Catholics and rōnin peasants
Commanders and leaders
Itakura Shigemasa †
Matsudaira Nobutsuna
Nicholas Couckebacker		 Amakusa Shiro †
Masuda Yoshitsugu †
Yamada Emonsaku Surrendered
Strength
125,000[1][2] 12,000 fighters[1][2]
Casualties and losses
20,000 killed and wounded[1] 38,000 killed (including civilians)[2][1]

The siege of Hara Castle (22 January–11 April 1638) was the final battle of the Shimabara Rebellion. The news of an upcoming Shogunate army forced the rebel forces to retreat to the south, where they fortified themselves in the dilapidated Hara Castle and withstood a two-month siege, inflicting heavy casualties on the government troops.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Clements, Jonathan (2016). Christ's samurai : the true story of the Shimabara Rebellion. London. pp. 105–117. ISBN 978-1-4721-3741-8. OCLC 947026236.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c "WISHES". Uwosh.edu. 1999-02-05. Retrieved 2018-04-15.