This is moka studio2020. This video introduces Osaka Castle during the Toyotomi period. The magnificent Osaka Castle that we can see today was not built by Hideyoshi, but was built by the Edo Shogunate on the land that Hideyoshi had built. However, until after the war, it was long believed that the stone walls of Osaka Castle were those of Osaka Castle built by Hideyoshi. With the progress of postwar investigations, the appearance of Osaka Castle has become much clearer. In this video, we will introduce Osaka Castle during the Toyotomi period built by Hideyoshi. Unlike the mountain castles and flatland castles that had existed until then, Osaka Castle was the first huge castle built on flat land, and its amount of civil engineering was overwhelming, even surpassing Azuchi Castle. Castles that preceded Nobunaga's castle during the Sengoku period also had stone walls, but they were mainly used to ensure a flat surface, and there were no backfill stones, and they were more like retaining walls. Nobunaga built stone walls that made it possible to build buildings on top, and Hideyoshi developed them further. The Honmaru was a castle built in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, with a clearly separated front palace and inner palace. It was a groundbreaking castle for its time, but after the Summer Siege of Osaka, the Edo Shogunate completely reclaimed it, and a huge castle even larger than the Toyotomi-period Osaka Castle was completed on top of it. The Toyotomi-period Osaka Castle is now in deep slumber, but preparations are currently underway for the opening of the Tsume-no-maru stone walls in 2025. [Reference sites] Osaka Castle Toyotomi Stone Wall Public Project https://www.toyotomi-ishigaki.com/hid... Walking through the past and present of Juso: The evolution of the topography of Osaka Castle town and Semba http://atamatote.blog119.fc2.com/blog... [References and books] Nakamura Hiroshi, "Osaka Castle: The Castle that Unified the Country," Shinsensha, 2008 Kitagawa Hiroshi (ed.), "Osaka Castle: An Illustrated Guide to Japanese Castles and Castle Towns," Sogensha, 2022 Niki Hiroshi and Ieharu Kiyomasa, Notes on "Diagram of Osaka Castle in the Toyotomi Era" (owned by the Nakai family), Urban Culture Research, 2020, Osaka City University Press Release, June 4, 2019 Unraveling the structure of Osaka Castle built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi [Related videos] [New Theory on the Battle of Sekigahara] Will the conventional wisdom that Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the Western Army led by Ishida Mitsunari at Sekigahara be overturned? • [New Theory Battle of Sekigahara: The conventional wisdom is that Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the Western Army led by Ishida Mitsunari at Sekigahara... Odawara Castle: One of the largest castles of the Sengoku period, built over five generations of the Hojo clan. Even Hideyoshi could not have taken it with a forceful attack • Odawara Castle: One of the largest castles of the Sengoku period, built over five generations of the Hojo clan. Even Hideyoshi could not have taken it with a forceful attack... Azuchi Castle: The castle that marked the culmination of Nobunaga's efforts. The terrain of the time is recreated with CG • Azuchi Castle: The castle that marked the culmination of Nobunaga's efforts. The terrain of the time is recreated with CG [Fall of the Takeda Clan - Remake] Cornered by Nobunaga and Ieyasu, Katsuyori commits suicide on Mount Tenmoku, leading to the downfall of the Takeda clan. • [Fall of the Takeda Clan] The Tragic Downfall of the Tak... [Nagashino Castle and the Battle of Nagashino] Takeda forces vs. Oda-Tokugawa allied forces The Battle of Nagashino as revealed by the latest research • [Nagashino Castle and the Battle of Nagashino] Takeda forces vs. Oda-Tokugawa allied forces The Battle of Nagashino as revealed by the latest research... Azuchi Castle A castle floating on a lake as seen from the sky • Azuchi Castle A castle floating on a lake as seen from the sky Nagahama Castle A water castle from the Warring States period that Nobunaga ordered Hideyoshi to build on the shores of Lake Biwa • Nagahama Castle A water castle from the Warring States period that Nobunaga ordered Hideyoshi to build on the shores of Lake Biwa Omizo Castle A water castle from the Warring States period that Oda Nobunaga ordered to build in order to control Lake Biwa • Omizo Castle A water castle from the Warring States period that Oda Nobunaga ordered to build in order to control Lake Biwa Sakamoto Castle A water castle from the Warring States period that Oda Nobunaga ordered Akechi Mitsuhide to build • Sakamoto Castle: A water castle built by Akechi Mitsuhide under Oda Nobunaga. Naegi Castle: A mountain castle built on a huge rock during the Warring States period. Naegi Castle: A mountain castle built on a huge rock during the Warring States period. #Osaka Castle #Toyotomi Hideyoshi #What will Ieyasu do?