Kagoshima Castle
| Kagoshima Castle | ||
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 Kagoshima Castle, traces of the main gate ( 大 手 門 , Ōte-mon ) |
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| Creation time : | 1602 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | some ramparts and ditches | |
| Place: | Kagoshima | |
| Geographical location | 31 ° 35 '54.5 " N , 130 ° 33' 16.6" E | |
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The Kagoshima Castle ( Japanese 鹿 児 島城 , Kagoshima-jō , also Tsurumaru-jō ( 鶴 丸 城 )) is located in the city of Kagoshima , Kagoshima Prefecture . The Shimazu resided there in the Edo period . With an income of 728,000 koku, they were the largest Tozama daimyo after the Maeda .
history
The Kagoshima Castle was originally a mountain castle, built on the Ueyama ( 上山 ), 107 m above sea level, on the top of a mountain, which was simply called "Castle Hill" ( 城 山 , Shiroyama ). From 1602 the Shimazu built a castle below the eastern slope, whereby they did without a castle tower ( 天 守 , tenshu ) and also largely without watchtowers ( 櫓 , yagura ). Stone walls and trenches for defense were created, however. Instead, the Bergburg was abandoned.
In 1669 the Hommaru burned down completely, partly also the Ni-no-maru. Due to financial difficulties of the clan, the reconstruction could not be completed until 1707.
The attachment
The castle complex with the Shiroyama in the back had an extension of 750 m in the northwest direction and a width of 100 m in the southeast direction. It consisted of the central area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), in which the residence was located, and to which the horse stables ( 厩 , umaya) were connected in the northeast . On the other side, i.e. to the southwest, followed the second castle area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 ノ 丸 ), and behind it the Terukuni-jinja ( 照 国 神社 ) shrine , where the Satsuma family was venerated. The schools of Satsuma- Han , Embukan ( 演 式 館 ) and Sōshikan ( 造 士官 ) were before the Ni-no-maru. Other trenches in front of it were the Meizanbori ( 名山 堀 ) and the Shunkanbori ( 俊 寛 堀 ).
After 1868 the castle buildings were demolished and the area was used by the city in various ways, including the University of Kagoshima . After 1945, the “Center for the History of Kagoshima” ( 鹿 児 島 県 歴 史 資料 セ ン タ - , Kagoshima-ken rekishi shiryō sentā ) under the name “Reimeikan” ( 黎明 館 ), ie “House of Dawn”, was built on the former Hommaru . The “Kagoshima Prefectural Library” ( 鹿 児 島 県 立 図 書館 , Kagoshima kenritsu toshokan ) is located in Ni-no-maru .
photos
Moat
Reimeikan pond
Individual evidence
- ^ Bohner, Hermann: The individual Nō. Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1956.
Remarks
- ↑ The Satsuma rebellion came to an end on the Shiroyama .
- ↑ Shunkan is the main character in the same name, in the Heian period playing Noh drama .
literature
- Ikeda, Koichi: Kagoshima-jo. In: Masayuki Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604379-5 .
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Kagoshima-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
