Siege of Shimabara Castle

Siege of Shimabara Castle
Part of Shimabara Rebellion

Rebel banner.
Date12 December 1637 – 8 January 1638
Location
Shimabara Domain, Tokugawa Shogunate
(present-day Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
Result Shogunate victory
Belligerents
Tokugawa shogunate Japanese Catholics and rōnin peasants
Commanders and leaders
Okamoto Shinbei Amakusa Shiro
Strength
500 1,500–12,000
Casualties and losses
100+ killed 200+ killed

The siege of Shimabara Castle (December 12, 1637-January 8, 1638) was an unsuccessful siege of the Shimabara Castle by rebel peasants and ronin during Shimabara Rebellion. Although the castle garrison was too weak to defend the castle town, which was completely looted and burned down, the numerically superior rebels were not able to storm the heavily fortified citadel. After a siege that lasted for 20 days, the news of an upcoming Shogunate army forced the rebel forces to retreat to the south, where they fortified themselves in the dilapidated Hara Castle.

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