What is Shimabara Rebellion?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Shimabara Rebellion |partof=the early [[Edo period]] |image= Remains of Hara castle.jpg |caption=Remains of Hara castle |date=Late 1637- Early 1638 |place=[[Minamishimabara]], [[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki]] |casus=Peasants and masterless samurai rebelling against overtaxation and religious oppression |territory= |result=[[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] victory; Christianity in Japan driven underground |combatant1=[[File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg|25px]] [[Tokugawa shogunate]] <br>{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dutch Empire]] |combatant2=Christian rebels |commander1=[[File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg|25px]] [[Itakura Shigemasa]][[Killed in action|†]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg|25px]] [[Matsukura Katsuie]][[Killed in action|†]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg|25px]] [[Matsudaira Nobutsuna]]<br>{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Nicolaes Couckebacker]] |commander2=[[Amakusa Shirō]][[Killed in action|†]]<br>Masuda Yoshitsugu[[Killed in action|†]]<br>Yamada Emosaku[[Killed in action|†]] |strength1=Over 125,000 |strength2=Between 27,000 and 37,000 |casualties1=1900 dead, 11,000 wounded |casualties2=Over 27,000 dead }} '''Shimabara Rebellion''', was an [[uprising]] in southwestern [[Japan]]. It lasted from December 17, 1637 until April 15, 1638, during the [[Edo period]]. It largely involved peasants, most of them [[Catholic]] [[Christians]]. [[Category:1630s]] [[Category:Rebellions in Asia]] [[Category:17th century in Japan]] {{multistub|hist|Asia}}