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A number of letters from Yukimura's time in Kudoyama exist, written to his brother or family retainers.  Among other things, he said he was learning and enjoying ''renga'', "linked poems" composed in turn in a group, though it was difficult as he had started late.  His father Masayuki died in Kudoyama in 1611.

A number of letters from Yukimura's time in Kudoyama exist, written to his brother or family retainers.  Among other things, he said he was learning and enjoying ''renga'', "linked poems" composed in turn in a group, though it was difficult as he had started late.  His father Masayuki died in Kudoyama in 1611.

A life of leisure in exile didn’t suit Yukimura very well.  In 1614 Toyotomi Hideyori started gathering ronin to support him against the upcoming attack that Ieyasu was planning, and Yukimura responded. He slipped out of Kudoyama in the tenth month and made his way to [[Osaka castle|Ôsaka Castle]], where he became one of Hideyori’s top commanders. It is here at Osaka castle that Yukimura’s exploits earned him a place in Japanese history as one of the most daring and endearing figures of the late-[[Sengoku]] period.  

A life of leisure in exile didn’t suit Yukimura very well.  In 1614 Toyotomi Hideyori started gathering ronin to support him against the upcoming attack that Ieyasu was planning, and Yukimura responded. He slipped out of Kudoyama in the tenth month and made his way to [[Osaka castle|Ôsaka Castle]], where he became one of Hideyori’s top commanders. It is here at Osaka castle that Yukimura’s exploits earned him a place in Japanese history as one of the most daring and endearing figures of the late-[[Sengoku Period]].  

==Sanada Yukimura and the [[Osaka Campaign|Siege of Osaka Castle]]==

==Sanada Yukimura and the [[Osaka Campaign|Siege of Osaka Castle]]==