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# The Last Great Battle of the Samurai

### The Last Great Battle of the Samurai in 1614 at Osaka castle.

Read the story of The Last Battle and draw on paper:

* Timeline of events that are important.
* Main characters.
* Setting (castle and surroundings).
* Characteristics and perspectives that might be interesting for creating a story.
* Whatever else that excites you to do something with this historical event.

### Briefing

#### Create a virtual reality STORY for tourists, that is exploratory, informative and as truthful to the events as it can get.

### Requirements

#### People need to learn and experience:

* **Who** was involved and **why** this great battle started. (Ieyasu and Hideyori)
* **Where**; it needs to provide an idea of the setting of the battle in the Osaka-area.
* Samurai-armor.
* **How**; the sensory experience of this battle, or the samurai (the SCENT-TACTILE experience).
* **How**; it needs to have a **mystic feel.** For inspiration, see [The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYlZt8qDjok) , [The Twilight Samurai (2002)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYnRSKNLMM), [Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons (2000)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClOxgyWLs8).

#### It should:

* Not be harmful, but not be too safe either.
* **Not be a game. Not Bruce Lee style. No Quentin Tarantino.** No game, no levels, but it needs to be playful and can be multi-player.
* Not be an experience full of slaughter or horrendous activity.

## The Last Great Battle of the Samurai was Fought at Osaka Castle

> Historical event: 04 June 1615\
> Forces under Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan, beginning a period of peace which lasted nearly 250 years.

![https://blog.gaijinpot.com/400th-anniversary-osaka-castle/](/files/-LmyPnPyAoWj8TQ-jMA3)

### 1. Text & Video of historical overview 

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpLGEf5GTQ>" %}

{% embed url="<https://history.info/people/1615-four-hundred-years-ago-the-last-great-battle-of-the-samurai-was-fought-at-osaka-castle/>" %}

![social hierarchy of Japan at that time](/files/-LmyZso5moHM6HMWKShK)

### 2. Painting: 17th century overview of the battle

![Siege of Osaka, 17th century Japanese painting](/files/-LmyJaeeYXq8ByyQdl8T)

![https://blog.gaijinpot.com/400th-anniversary-osaka-castle/](/files/-LmyPdWMLDH4cgr18NPz)

![http://portfolios.scad.edu/gallery/20393415/Siege-of-Osaka-Series](/files/-LmyQ8y2_ia_nbxKVuDY)

### 3. Mapping&#x20;

One of the oldest newsprints sold during this period, depicting the fall of Osaka Castle: <img src="/files/-LmyKPssNiqr81Jdzw8r" alt="" data-size="original">&#x20;

<img src="/files/-LnNsXwwNDp_htXvQ_lV" alt="" data-size="original"> <img src="/files/-LnNskqIQkndYwrg5usY" alt="" data-size="original"> Map Japan, 1595

### 4. Models / Mockups

{% embed url="<https://ideas.lego.com/projects/fb0492c3-d148-4304-a126-91df3377a2dc>" %}
3D model and FLOOR PLAN of OSAKA castle
{% endembed %}

![https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1Azfh8EVQ8A/U5Np7\_MdWDI/AAAAAAAAFzM/mekZZaSPJ5Q/s0/japan\_day\_14\_06.jpg](/files/-LmySsZkswJNMZWtjVJl)

### 5. Figurines: action scenes

![https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1Azfh8EVQ8A/U5Np7\_MdWDI/AAAAAAAAFzM/mekZZaSPJ5Q/s0/japan\_day\_14\_06.jpg](/files/-LmyT7QGx3Nbe7cTVF4i)

![Samurai Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston](/files/-LmybhhLsv-MEm03-mjJ)

### 6. Showcase representations

![https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/58/f7/e658f76e5903666409579b88a891fc6b.jpg](/files/-LmyPB7wYkOnyQ7qWvLP)

![http://portfolios.scad.edu/gallery/20393415/Siege-of-Osaka-Series](/files/-LmyOS6pY0Lu_bHpd-6M)

### 7. Portraits & Characters

![Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1601](/files/-Lmy_8SuXjVb2sUZxstW)

![A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage (typical Japanese topknot haircut)](/files/-LmyWFjL-O-8j0_7oU7r)

### 8. Viewing Box&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coLrsucGet0>" %}
(played at Osaka Castle)
{% endembed %}

### 9. Film & Animation

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lXn77Xk4XE>" %}

The Last Great Battle is the subject of many films, such as:

* Historical drama *"Ōsaka-jō monogatari"* (engl. The Tale of Osaka Castle, UK).
* Some other English titles: "Daredevil in the Castle", "Devil in the Castle", "Osaka Castle Story") (1961).&#x20;
* Tai Kato's musical film *Brave Records of the Sanada Clan* (1963).

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC7p6nrq1Ds>" %}

### Game

* The fall of Osaka is the final level in the **Samurai Warriors** series, also serving as the climax of Hattori Hanzō's, Ieyasu's and Yukimura's stories. Called the "Osaka Campaign", it compiles all the battles of the Winter and Summer Campaigns.&#x20;
* In the computer game *Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun*, the siege of Osaka castle is the setting of the first mission.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVDdENDp2o>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mrc-Zis9KI>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF6z48amjR0>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJL-caXEEU>" %}

### Role-play

![](/files/-LmyVgyQGb1ttnrmr6GI)

![](/files/-LmyVrEu2achlrXn5ZV3)

### Virtual Reality

I did not find any 'Siege of Osaka' experiences, but of course there is a Godzilla VR:

{% embed url="<https://vrzone-pic.com/osaka/activity/godzilla.html>" %}