Hamamatsu Castle
| Hamamatsu Castle | ||
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 Hamamatsu Castle, castle tower |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Masonry | |
| Place: | Hamamatsu | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 42 '42.5 " N , 137 ° 43' 29.8" E | |
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The Castle Hamamatsu ( Japanese 浜松城 , Hamamatsu-jō ) is located in the city of Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture . During the Edo period , twelve medium-sized Fudai daimyo resided there one after the other , most recently the Inoue with an income of 60,000 Koku .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- Horio Tadauji is transferred
- From 1601 the Matsui with an income of 50,000 Koku.
- From 1609 the Mizuno with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1619 the Koriki with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1639 the Ōgyū-Matsudaira with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1644 the Ōta with 50,000 koku.
- From 1678 the Aoyama with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1702 the Honjō with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1729 the Ōkōchi with 50,000 koku.
- From 1749 the Honjō with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1758 the Inoue with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1817 the Mizuno again with 50,000 Koku.
- From 1845 again the Inoue with 50,000 Koku.
history
When Tokugawa Ieyasu brought the Tōtōmi province under his rule from Mikawa province in 1570 , he built a new castle to protect it using the old fortification Hikuma ( 引 馬 / 引 間 / 曳 馬 ) and changed the name to Hamamatsu. From this castle Ieyasu undertook numerous campaigns. When he was defeated by Takeda Shingen in the battle of Mikata-ga-hara in 1572 and had to flee, this castle was his salvation.
When Ieyasu received the Kantō provinces and had to give up his old provinces, one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's vassals , Horio Yoshiharu ( 堀 尾 吉 晴 ; 1552-1611) took over the castle. He expanded the castle to a considerable extent. In the Edo period, medium-sized and smaller daimyo resided there, many of whom were active as chancellors of Bakufu . Therefore, the castle was also called "into-the-world-into-castle" ( 出世 城 , Shusse-jō ).
The castle is known for the fact that the reforms of the Tempō period ( 天保 の 改革 , Tempō no kaikaku ) of the lord of the castle Mizuno Tadakuni ( 水 野 忠 邦 ; 1794-1851) were decreed from here, which then failed.
The attachment
The castle of the Edo period was created by extensive expansion of the old Hikuma castle to 500 m north-south and 450 m east-west. The castle tower was built on the highest point with 25 m above sea level by Horio Yoshiharu (1563-1611) in a separate walled area. However, the tower seems to have been lost at the beginning of the Edo period.
In addition to the castle areas Hommaru, Ni-ni-maru, San-maru and small areas, the castle also included quarters for the vassals, which had been created between the main gate ( 大 手 門 , Ōte-mon ) and the inner areas.
While the Hommaru is fortified by stone walls, earth walls and dry or water-bearing ditches were usually enough. The previous castle Hikuma-jō was integrated into the complex in the northeast as the "Old Castle" ( 古城 , Kojō ). Overall, the castle shows a transitional style, in addition to stone walls, earth walls, some of which are still protected by palisades.
After 1868 the castle was largely demolished and the trenches were filled in. The base of the castle tower, the walls of the castle tower square and the walls of the Hommaru have been preserved. On the unusually large base of the castle tower, a castle tower was built in 1958, which is based on the general construction of the time. Ieyasu is honored with a statue on the castle grounds.
literature
- Owada, Yasutsune: Hamamatsu-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Hamamatsu-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
