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Sieges of OsakaOsaka no Jin

Also known as: 大坂の陣・大坂冬の陣・大坂夏の陣

The two campaigns in which Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked the Toyotomi. The 1614 winter siege ended in a truce that filled the moats; in the 1615 summer siege the castle fell, and Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodo-dono took their own lives, ending the clan.

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