Ōsaka Castle

**Osaka Castle**
	Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
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Instance of	Japanese castle;
Part of	100 Fine Castles of Japan (Chihaya Castle, 54, Nijō Castle); three great castles;
Made from material	wood;
Location	Osaka Castle Park, Ōsaka-jō, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Commissioned by	Toyotomi Hideyoshi;
Owned by	Toyotomi Hideyoshi;
Maintained by	Osaka jōdai (1619–1868);
Has part(s)	Hōkoku Shrine; Osaka Geihinkan; Osaka Castle Museum;
Heritage designation	Important Cultural Property of Japan; Historic Site of Japan (1953–); Special Historic Site (1955–);
Inception	1583 (in Julian calendar);
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1868;
Significant event	Fall of Osaka Castle;
Structure replaces	Ishiyama Hongan-ji;
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	34° 41′ 14″ N, 135° 31′ 33″ E
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	Q321242; VIAF cluster ID: 244717962; NDL Authority ID: 00953775; BabelNet ID: 03134837n; Structurae structure ID: 20033111; OpenStreetMap node ID: 251378623
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大坂城

2011 outline
Gozabune boat ferrying tourists around on the inner moat.
Main tower
Osaka Castle pedestrian entrance
Outer moat
Main keep
Otemon (western) Gate
From the roof of Osaka Castle main tower
Outer moat and Osaka Business Park
Cherry blossom at Osaka Castle
Tenshu
Outer-View of Aoyamon Gate
Inner moat ramparts viewed from inner Aoyamon Gate
Main keep from Gokuraku Bashi (bridge)
Main keep from Marked Stone Square
Main keep from Uzumimon Gate
View of moat from atop Uzumimon Gate
Main keep from Miraiza Building
Inner-view of Sakuramon Gate
Easterly view of dry inner moat outside Sakuramon Gate
Ōte-mon Gate with moat in foreground
Prunus mume grove in Osaka Castle Park
Osaka Castle during twilight
at night
Miniature model of the castle complex after the Tokugawa rebuilding

History

Summer Battle of Osaka Castle A.D. 1614-1615. Panel screen, length: 8 m. 5,071 people incl. 21 generals are depicted, 17th century
Osaka Castle from 1583 until 1615
1663
Early representation of the destruction of the 1663 François Caron book
Osaka Castle from 1620 until 1868
rampart in 1865
Stone marking the place where Toyotomi Hideyori and his mother, Yodo-Dono, committed suicide after the fall of the castle
Osaka castle grounds serving as a part of the Osaka Army Arsenal, June 1945