Japanese castles

I have seen how the Japanese castles were built, I
would like to see some pictures of some really amazing
Japanese castles, like Osaka Castle. In 1614 and 1615,
that castle I mentioned was invaded by Tokugawa Ieyasu
before he died in 1616.

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these sites should help you

http://www.shirofan.com/english.html
http://www.ki.rim.or.jp/~castle/photo_library/shimabara_jou.htm
http://infoweb.magi.com/~ttoyooka/oshiro/
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Tours/Japan/


paul

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I have seen how the Japanese castles were built, I

would like to see some pictures of some really
amazing

Japanese castles, like Osaka Castle. In 1614 and
1615,

that castle I mentioned was invaded by Tokugawa
Ieyasu

before he died in 1616.



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Unfortunately the current Osaka castle is a modern reconstruction and only
a pale imitation of the one built by Hideyoshi in the late 1500s. Although
many historical structures were destroyed in WWII, there are still
a number of castles that are more or less "original" construction,
with a limited amount of restoration work over the years.
The most famous to westerners is Himeji, sometimes called
the "White Heron" castle. However there are many others, including
my personal favorite, Inuyama, a tiny jewel of a castle on the Kiso River,
north of Nagoya.

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> I have seen how the Japanese castles were built, I
> would like to see some pictures of some really amazing
> Japanese castles, like Osaka Castle. In 1614 and 1615,
> that castle I mentioned was invaded by Tokugawa Ieyasu
> before he died in 1616.
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Thanks, these sites I'm going to look at when I'm done
with my email, but I do have one question. How did
Tokugawa Ieyasu sieged Osaka Castle in 1614 and in
1615 before his death in 1616?

--- Richardson Paul wrote:

> these sites should help you
>
> http://www.shirofan.com/english.html
>

http://www.ki.rim.or.jp/~castle/photo_library/shimabara_jou.htm

> http://infoweb.magi.com/~ttoyooka/oshiro/
>

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Tours/Japan/

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> --- andrea Smith wrote:
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> would like to see some pictures of some really
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> Japanese castles, like Osaka Castle. In 1614 and
> 1615,

> that castle I mentioned was invaded by Tokugawa
> Ieyasu

> before he died in 1616.

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Well that would take some volumes to describe in detail the two sieges of
Osaka jo. Basically the winter campaign ended in a stalemate. During the
truce Ieyasu managed to have the Toyotomi side fill in the moats this
allowed him more access during the summer campaign. The Toyotomi side
realizing this lead its troops in a massive land battle outside the castle
but were defeated.

Perhaps the most detailed account in English would be in James Murdochs
second volume of his history of Japan.

Give me sites to look up to learn more, I'll try
looking at barnes & noble book store or online about
this subject. I wonder how Osaka Castle laid out,
before the sieges in 1614 and in 1615.

--- William letham <mickey.letham@...> wrote:

> Well that would take some volumes to describe in
> detail the two sieges of
> Osaka jo. Basically the winter campaign ended in a
> stalemate. During the
> truce Ieyasu managed to have the Toyotomi side fill
> in the moats this
> allowed him more access during the summer campaign.
> The Toyotomi side
> realizing this lead its troops in a massive land
> battle outside the castle
> but were defeated.
>
> Perhaps the most detailed account in English would
> be in James Murdochs
> second volume of his history of Japan.
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Oh, really? I got some sites for you look up, I think
you might want a piece of paper to these sites down.
They're really good sites.
h:ttp//www.shirofan.com/english.html
h:ttp//www.ki.rim.or.jp/~castle/photo_library/shimabara_jou.htm
h:ttp//infoweb.magi.com/~ttyoka/oshiro/
h:ttp//www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Tours/Japan

--- Herb Lison <HerbLison@...> wrote:

> Unfortunately the current Osaka castle is a modern
> reconstruction and only
> a pale imitation of the one built by Hideyoshi in
> the late 1500s. Although
> many historical structures were destroyed in WWII,
> there are still
> a number of castles that are more or less "original"
> construction,
> with a limited amount of restoration work over the
> years.
> The most famous to westerners is Himeji, sometimes
> called
> the "White Heron" castle. However there are many
> others, including
> my personal favorite, Inuyama, a tiny jewel of a
> castle on the Kiso River,
> north of Nagoya.
>
> andrea Smith wrote:
>
> > I have seen how the Japanese castles were built, I
> > would like to see some pictures of some really
> amazing
> > Japanese castles, like Osaka Castle. In 1614 and
> 1615,
> > that castle I mentioned was invaded by Tokugawa
> Ieyasu
> > before he died in 1616.
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Well there are troves of books in Japanese such as the rekishi Gunzo series,
also Gakken publishers had a series on Japanese Castles of which Osaka jo is
still available. These books give detailed info, charts, graphs , maps , CG
recreations, pix, on every aspect of Japanese castles, but they are in
Japanese. There is nothing comparable to these available in English. as for
what's available on line sorry I can't help there, hopefully someone else
has info.