The allies put Shimabara under siege and Takanobu marched to relieve the castle with his main army.
Having been ordered by the Matsudaira clan to assist him in destroying the Christian rebels, led by Amakusa Shirō at Shimabara, Coeckebacker bombarded the insurgents during a fortnight in their stronghold in Hara Castle from his ship De Rijp, starting the 24th of February 1638.
Shimabara Peninsula, the geographic feature that hosts Shimabara, Nagasaki
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Shimabara Rebellion (also known as the Battle or Siege of Shimabara), a 1637 uprising of residents of the Nagasaki area against the Shogun's anti-Christian policies
Proceeding west, Hanayachō ends and the street turns north then west again, where one exits past a marker indicating the ruins of the former west gate, and then faces the JR West Sagano Line (section of Sanin Main Line) and the Kyoto central wholesale market (京都市中央卸売市場).
The station directly abuts the Kyoto Central Wholesale Market, and nearby is the defunct courtesan's district of Shimabara.
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