Fukuchiyama Castle
| Fukuchiyama-jō | ||
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 Fukuchiyama Castle (Tenshukaku) |
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| Creation time : | 1597 | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Masonry preserved, castle tower from 1985 | |
| Construction: | stone | |
| Place: | Fukuchiyama | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 17 '48.3 " N , 135 ° 7' 46.7" E | |
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The Fukuchiyama Castle ( Japanese 福 知 山城 , Fukuchiyama-jō ) is a Japanese castle in Fukuchiyama in Kyoto Prefecture in Japan .
history
Fukujiyama Castle was built by Akechi Mitsuhide on the instructions of Oda Nobunaga . After Mitsuhide's defeat, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's foster son , Katsuhide, came into possession of the castle, and Sugihara Ietsugu appointed him as administrator. In 1600, after the Battle of Sekigahara , Arima Toyouji took over the castle with an income of 61,000 Koku . Under his leadership, the castle was given its present form after extensive expansions.
The castle is located on a hill between the Yuragawa and Hajigawa rivers. It consisted of the central area (Honmaru), the second area (Ni-no-maru), and the areas of Hoki-maru and Naiki-maru. In the center stood the main tower system, which consisted of a large and an associated small castle tower (Tenshukaku). This plant was rebuilt in 1985 according to old plans. The upper gate was also rebuilt.
The stone well, one of the deepest wells in a Japanese castle, has been preserved. The fountain is named Toyoiwa no i ( 豊 磐 井 ) after an epithet of the father of the first Kutsuki at the castle, Tanetsuna . It is 50 m deep, deeper than the Yuragawa and ends 7 m below sea level.
Other lords of the castle in the Edo period were from 1621 Okabe Nagamori with 60,000 Koku, from 1624 Inaba Norimichi with 45,000 Koku, from 1649 Matsudaira (Fukōzu) Tadafusa with 45,000 Koku, from 1669 Kutsuki Tanemasa and descendants with 32,000 Koku.
A museum has been set up in the rebuilt Tenshukaku. The above-mentioned portrait of Mitsuhide is also located there.
gallery
Way up along the castle
Access to Tenshukaku
Shrine next to the Tenshu with the coat of arms of the Kutsuki
Gate, in front of it the stone fountain socket
View of the castle from the north
literature
- Fukuchiyama City (Ed.): Shimpen Fukuchiyama-jo no rekishi. 2011.
- Masafumi Kato: Fukuchiyama-jo. In: Masayuki Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604379-5 .
- Yamamoto, Jirō: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (ge). Yamakawa Shuppan, 1999, ISBN 4-634-29660-8 .
