Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle (大坂城 or 大阪城) is a castle situated in Osaka in Izumi Settsu, Japan.

History

In late 1582, the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke infiltrated the castle, eliminated three samurai daisho, looted the Peasant Clothes from the castle's treasure chest, and climbed atop the tenshu to oversee the land.^[1]

Commissioned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi,^[2] the castle completed its main kkep in 1583, and the rest of its fortress was completed in 1588. After Hideyoshi's death, his son Hideyori, wife Yodo-gimi, and their immediate relative settled into the castle. By 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu promised an income to the Toyotomi clan but as time passed, relations soured. From 1614 to 1615, Ieyasu launched a siege against the castle, effectively ending the Toyotomi clan. In 1620, the castle was reconstructed and fell under the Tokugawa shogunate's control.^[3]