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Siege of Osaka

Siege of Osaka was a siege conducted on 8 November 1614 at Osaka Castle, in what is now Japan; it ran into the following year. The recorded result: Tokugawa victory. Recorded strength: 164,000 (winter); 150,000 (summer) against 120,000 (winter); 60,000 (summer).

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The ruin of Osaka Castle in C.E.1663 (H.E.11,663).
The ruin of Osaka Castle in C.E.1663 (H.E.11,663).. New York Public Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought8 November 1614ran into the following year
WhereOsaka Castle, Japan34.640N, 135.520E
OutcomeTokugawa victory
BelligerentsTokugawa shogunate and its loyalist banners: Matsudaira clan; Date clan; Honda clan; Tōdō clan; Kuroda clan; Ii clan; Hosokawa clan; Maeda clan; Hachisuka clan; Niwa clan; Asano clan; Mizuno clan; Sakai clan; Kyōgoku clan; Satake clan; Uesugi clan; Mōri clan; Sanada clanagainstToyotomi clan and its loyalist banners: Oda clan (defected to Tokugawa side); Tsutsui clan

Record

Date8 November 1614
to June 1615
PlaceOsaka Castle, Japan
34.640N, 135.520E
KindSiege, early modern
Territorial changeDestruction of the Toyotomi Clan
Strength164,000 (winter); 150,000 (summer)120,000 (winter); 60,000 (summer)
Commanders
Siege of OsakaSiege of OsakaSummer Siege of OsakaSiege of MitsujiBattle of TennōjiBattle of SharijiBattle of TennōjiSummer Siege of OsakaNagoyaKyotoKōbeWakayamaGifuTottoriMaizuruOkayama100 km34.640N, 135.520E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Siege of Osaka
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Osaka today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-04. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 10 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -9 to 49 m, 58 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 97% built-up.

built-up: 97%built-up 97%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 21 mnorth to south, 10.0 km6 to 33 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 12 times between 1547 and 1615.

Elsewhere in 1614

Siege of Osaka 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 Q475780, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Osaka, revision 1378683811, 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.