Amagasaki Castle
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 Amagasaki Castle |
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| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Amagasaki | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 42 '51.8 " N , 135 ° 25' 14" E | |
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The castle Amagasaki ( Japanese 尼崎城 Amagasaki-jō ) is located in the city of Amagasaki in the prefecture of Hyogo . In the Edo period , the Sakurai Matsudaira resided there last as Fudai daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1615 the Takebe with an income of 10,000 Koku ,
- from 1617 a branch of the Toda clan with 50,000 koku,
- from 1635 a branch of the Aoyama clan with 50,000 Koku and
- from 1711 the Sakurai Matsudaira with 40,000 Koku.
history
At the beginning of the Sengoku period, the Hosokawa built a castle on the coast between the Kinki region and western Japan . The representatives after the Toyotomi period in this area, the Takebe , received an increased income after their contribution to the conquest of Osaka Castle in the summer of 1615, thus becoming a daimyo and thus becoming the lord of the castle. They had to hand over the castle to Toda Ujikane ( 戸 田 氏 鉄 ; 1576–1655) after only two years . At the time of the Toda, the castle was reinforced on the orders of the shogunate. Ujikane was soon transferred as commissioner for the reconstruction of Osaka Castle, followed by the Aoyama and finally a branch of the Matsudaira .
The attachment
The central castle area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), was built on the remains of the Hosokawa castle from 1617 . On the southwest corner of the Hommaru was the four-story castle tower ( 天主 閣 Tenshukaku ). Around it, the second castle area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 の weitere ) and other surrounding castle areas, such as the Matsu-no-maru ( 松 の 丸 ), the Tōzai-san-no-maru ( 東西 三 の 丸 ) and others closed on.
During the Meiji period , the stones of the castle were used to protect the port of Aamagasaki from storm surges, so that little was left of the castle. Some sections of the wall have recently been restored. In the former Hommaru there are now elementary and secondary schools, a city council and other buildings. Only part of the outer area has been redesigned into a green area, the Amagasakijōshi Park ( 尼 崎 城 址 公園 , ~ kōen ). Part of the San-no-maru is also preserved as the Sanomaru Park ( 三 の 丸 公園 , ~ kōen ). Since 2018, the main tower (天 守) of Honmaru has been reconstructed in Amasaki Joshi Park (尼 崎 城 址 公園), deviating from the original location. The concrete construction was completed at the end of 2018.
photos
Before the Hommaru
Hommaru, castle tower at the back
Drum tower
Model view of the castle from the south
literature
- Hashiba, Akirauo: Amagasaki-jo . In: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya . Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
