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Battle of Amakusa

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Japan

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Amakusa (1638), part of the Japanese Christian Uprising. Shogunate of Japan defeated Japanese Christian Rebels. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

Shogunate of Japan
Japanese Christian Rebels

Conflict graph

PART OFShimabara Rebellion

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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