Feudal castle of the proud Shoguns Osaka Japan One of the most famous castles in Japan Osaka Castle was built in the late th century by the Toyotomi clan In it fell to the army of Tokugawa Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan until Tokugawa Ieyasus son and heir Tokugawa Hidetada rebuilt and stregthened the castle in the s Stereoscopic card Detail