✦ History

Shimabara Rebellion

December 11, 1637 – April 12, 1638

Result Tokugawa victory

Mostly Catholic peasants and rōnin of Shimabara rose against heavy taxes and persecution, and the Tokugawa shogunate, with Dutch help, crushed them.

Contemporaries

Key people

Itakura Shigemasa military commander · Tokugawa shogunate Matsudaira Nobutsuna military commander · Tokugawa shogunate

Participants

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