Katsuyama Castle (Mimasaka)
| Katsuyama Castle | ||
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 Katsuyama Castle Town |
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| Creation time : | before 1500 | |
| Castle type : | Yamajiro (mountain castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Only traces preserved | |
| Place: | Maniwa | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 5 '18.6 " N , 133 ° 41' 36.6" E | |
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The Katsuyama Castle ( Japanese 勝 山城 , Katsuyama-jō ) is located in the district of Katsuyama in the city of Maniwa , Okayama Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Miura resided there from 1764 , who were among the smaller Fudai daimyo with an income of 23,000 koku .
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The castle was built on the 321 m high Nyōi-zan ( 如意 山 ) and the 261 m high, south of it. Katsuyama created. These mountains and the terrain at their feet were protected in the north, west and south by the Asahi-gawa ( 旭川 ) river . In the Sengoku period , the castle was the seat of the Miura, but the area was also claimed by the Mōri and the Ukita . At the beginning of the Edo period, the area came under the Mori , but when heirs failed, the domain fell to the Bakufu .
In 1764, Miura Akitsugu from the Miura clan came there and rebuilt the now-ruined castle and named it Katsuyama Castle. The third castle area belonging to the castle, the San-no-maru ( 三 ノ 丸 ), was laid out at the foot of the western mountain and surrounded by a stone wall. The simply designed residence was located there.
The inner castle, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), located on the mountain top , is now covered by the forest, but there are still remains of stone walls, ditches and remains of pre-fortifications. The second castle area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 ノ 丸 ), became a sports field, the third castle area a residential area. Remains of the stone walls are preserved. The streets in front of it show the character of a planned castle town .
literature
- Kato, Masafumi: Katsuyama-jo. In: Masayuki Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604379-5 .