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Siege of Hara Castle

Siege of Hara Castle was a siege conducted in 1638 in what is now Japan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Shimabara Rebellion, which ran from 1637 to 1638. The recorded result: Shogunate victory. Recorded strength: 125,000 against 12,000 fighters.

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Fought1638
WhereJapan32.633N, 130.256E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeShogunate victory
BelligerentsTokugawa shogunate; Dutch East India CompanyagainstJapanese Catholics and rōnin peasants
Casualties and losses20,000 killed and woundedand20,000–38,000 killed (including civilians)
Part ofShimabara Rebellion1637 to 1638

Where it sits in the Shimabara Rebellion

Battle of Fukae Village, 1637Siege of Shimabara Castle, 1637Battle of Hondo Castle, 1637Siege of Tomioka Castle, 1638Siege of Hara Castle, 163816371638Siege of Hara Castle, 1638
5 placed engagements of the Shimabara Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1638 (year precision)
to 1638
PlaceJapan
32.633N, 130.256E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength125,00012,000 fighters
Casualties and losses20,000 killed and wounded20,000–38,000 killed (including civilians)
Commanders
  • Itakura Shigemasa
  • Matsudaira Nobutsuna
  • Nicolaes Couckebacker
  • Amakusa Shirō
  • Masuda Yoshitsugu
  • Yamada Emonsaku
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Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Siege of Hara Castle is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q114604753, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Hara Castle, revision 1373669309, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.