Talk:Osaka Castle

WPMILHIST Assessment
Wow. I'm surprised to see that so little has been done here so far. (I do not mean that a criticism of anyone in particular. Everyone's efforts, however small, are valuable.) Maybe I'll come back here and expand myself.... if someone else would like to, basically main thing that needs doing is to expand out the bullet-points into a set of proper paragraphs. LordAmeth 02:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think there should be warning of the poor reprodution of the inside of the castle. It still gives me the creeps, when I think about it.--LordofHavoc 18:47, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding that. I've put it in the history section in the entry about restoration. Also, I removed the "visitors should be aware" which is appropriate for a guidebook such as Wikitravel but less so for an encyclopedia. If you've visited many Japanese castles, you know that lots of others are also exterior replicas: among the most famous, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, and Odawara come to mind. The National Treasure-class examples, including faithful reconstructions like Matsuyama (if memory serves) as well as Himeji, Matsumoto, and Hikone, are few. Incidentally, as my knees grow older and my camera gear gets heavier, I appreciate the elevators! Fg2 00:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's better that way.
 * The reconstruction of Kumamoto castle isn't that bad at all, at least part of it is old. When I was living in Hiroshima I just tried to avoid the castle. --LordofHavoc 20:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Links with possible use in expanding this article
1. Digitized images tell the story .... Just a quick note for later reference? --Ooperhoofd 17:22, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * see text and photos at pp. 21-21

January 2008
I stumbled on this article when looking up something else about OsakaJo and decided to source what I could. I think the article might be better served with prose rather than a straight timeline, what do you guys think? I just cleaned up the prose some, sourced what I could and removed a red wikilink. Travellingcari (talk) 16:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Self-Sufficiency
I would like to know if the castle grounds are large enough to produce food for the inhabitants of the inner walls. I have never seen a 2-level moated castle such as this. Also, because the moat was filled in and re-dug a few times, it would be good to know how deep is the moat ?? Thanx. SystemBuilder (talk) 23:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Sekigahara
>1600: Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Hideyori's armies at the Battle of Sekigahara, and started his own bakufu in Edo. I think it means the battle of Sekigahara was fought between Tokugawa armies and Toyotomi armies. But it's wrong. The battle was fought between armies of Tokugawa party and armies of Anti-Tokugawa party, and Toyotomi government itself was neutral. This is because both parties were Toyotomi vassals, and the battle was non-official (I can't express the nuance of 私戦 well). So,I rewrited.S.Kohaku (talk) 10:16, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

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Info to edit
There is the story about gold steal from this castle by Kajisuke (梶助) in 1740 and many others. Please, can you translate them from Japanese to English and edit here: 1, 2, 3. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.239.132.101 (talk) 16:27, 5 April 2023 (UTC)