Gifu Castle
| Gifu Castle | ||
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 Gifu Castle before 1600 |
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| Creation time : | 1201 | |
| Castle type : | Yamajiro (mountain castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Gifu | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 26 '2 " N , 136 ° 46' 56" E | |
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The Castle Gifu ( Japanese 岐阜城 , Gifu-jō ) is located in the city of Gifu , Gifu Prefecture . It is known as Oda Nobunagas Castle . It was demolished around 1600.
history
In 1201 Nikaidō Yukimasa ( 二階 堂 行政 ) built a castle on a ridge south of the Nagara River . Later, in the Muromachi period , the military governors ( shugo ) of the province of Mino , the Daizaitō ( 代 斎 藤 ) , resided there . At that time the castle was called Inabayama ( 稲 葉 山城 ), it was simply built, had palisades and wooden gates and a few watchtowers. Since the governors from the House of Toki were sitting at a castle in Kawate ( 川 手 , 革 手 ), the Saitō moved to Kanō ( 加納 ) on the other side of the river and built a castle there.
In 1538 Saitō Dōsan ( 斉 藤 道 三 ; † 1556) was able to drive out the Toki, again based on the conquered Inabayama Castle. They expanded and strengthened the castle complex and considerably expanded the castle town below . When in 1567 Oda Nobunaga had brought the area under himself with great effort, he changed the place name from Inokuchi ( 井 の 口 ) to Gifu ( 岐阜 ) and also called the castle that. The castle tower and other fortifications were built on top of the mountain, and the castle town and residence were laid out at the foot of the mountain.
But in order to be closer to Kyoto, Nobunaga built the Azuchi Castle on Lake Biwa in 1576 and moved there. His son and heir Nobutada ( 信 忠 ; 1557–1582) stayed at Gifu Castle . Since his son ( 秀 信 ; 1580–1605) had been on the losing side in the battle of Sekigahara , he handed over the castle. It was then torn down and components were used for Kanō Castle.
The attachment
Odas Castle was located at the height of the 329 m high Kinka-zan ( 金華 山 ) south of the Nagara River ( 長 良 川 ). It consisted of a series of fortifications on top of the ridge of the mountain, the central castle area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 , 1) on the highest point, in the middle of which the castle tower ( 天 守 閣 , tenshukaku ) was.
This central area was reached in various ways from below, from the castle town [B] on the river, which is protected by an earth wall ( 総 構 , sōgamae ): The path with the lowest incline was the "seven-curve path" ( 七 曲 り 道 , Nanamagari -michi ), over which one can find the Enshō-kuruwa ( 煙硝 曲 輪 , E), the Nanamagari-Kuruwa ( 七 曲曲 輪 , N), the Daidokoro-kuruwa ( 台 所 曲 輪 , D), the second castle area, via various smaller fortifications Ni-no-maru ( 二 の 丸 , 2) and finally the Hommaru reached.
The actual residence was down in the castle town. It consisted of a reception area, the Goth ( 御 殿 ) and a large private part, the "1000 Tatami plant" ( 千 畳 敷 , senjō-jiki ). The entire complex was also called "Tenka fubu" ( 天下 布 武 ), roughly "Ruler under Heaven" headquarters ".
The shortest and steepest route directly to the Hommaru was the " Horseback Route" ( 馬 の 背道 , Umanose-michi ), further north of it there was the "Route to the Water" ( 水 の 手 道 , Mizunote-michi ) and south of it the "Hundred- Curve Path ”( 百 曲 り 道 , Hyakumagari-michi ).
The castle area became a public park in 1887. The castle tower was rebuilt in 1910, but was lost in a fire in 1943. In 1955 the cable car (orange in the plan) to the former Nanamagari-Kuruwa was opened, in 1956 the concrete castle tower was restored.
photos
View over the Nagara to the castle
The castle tower
Look at the plane
Castle remains
Castle remains
literature
- Aoki, Junrō: Gifu-jo. in: Nihon no meijō. Hekisuisha, 1995.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Gifu-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
- Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
