Terazawa Hirotaka
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was a Japanese daimyo
of the early Edo period
. Hirotaka was the builder of Karatsu Castle
. He was responsible for part of the overtaxation and mismanagement of local government which instigated the Shimabara Rebellion
shortly after his death.
Hirotaka is a playable character from the Eastern Army in the original Kessen
.
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of the early Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. Hirotaka was the builder of Karatsu Castle
Karatsu Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a hirayama-jō, a castle built on a plains rather than a hill or mountain. At the end of the Edo period, Karatsu castle was home to the Ogasawara clan, daimyo of Karatsu Domain...
. He was responsible for part of the overtaxation and mismanagement of local government which instigated the Shimabara Rebellion
Shimabara Rebellion
The was an uprising largely involving Japanese peasants, most of them Catholic Christians, in 1637–1638 during the Edo period.It was one of only a handful of instances of serious unrest during the relatively peaceful period of the Tokugawa shogunate's rule...
shortly after his death.
Hirotaka is a playable character from the Eastern Army in the original Kessen
Kessen
is a PlayStation 2 launch title produced by Koei and published by Electronic Arts. This was the first DVD-ROM format game for the PS2. It was initially the only real-time wargame game available for the PlayStation 2....
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