What the records say
- When
- 22 Jan 1638 – 11 Apr 1638
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 32.63° N, 130.26° E
- Description
- 1638 A battle during the Shimabara Rebellion.
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Hara Castle
1638 battle of the Shimabara Rebellion
The siege of Hara Castle 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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Shimabara and Amakusa rebels, having joined up after fleeing the shogun's troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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