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Siege of Shimabara Castle

Siege of Shimabara Castle was a siege conducted in 1637 in what is now Japan; it ran into the following year. 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: 500 against 1,500–12,000.

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Fought1637ran into the following year
WhereJapan32.789N, 130.367E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeShogunate victory
BelligerentsTokugawa shogunateagainstJapanese Catholics and rōnin peasants
Casualties and losses100+ killedand200+ killed
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 Shimabara Castle, 1637
5 placed engagements of the Shimabara Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1637 (year precision)
to 1638
PlaceJapan
32.789N, 130.367E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength5001,500–12,000
Casualties and losses100+ killed200+ killed
Commanders
  • Okamoto Shinbei
  • Amakusa Shirō
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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 Shimabara 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 Q114568437, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Shimabara Castle, revision 1373667489, 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.