Kishiwada Castle
| Kishiwada Castle | ||
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 Kishiwada Castle |
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| Creation time : | Sengoku time | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Kishiwada | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 27 '31.7 " N , 135 ° 22' 14.8" E | |
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The Kishiwada Castle ( Japanese 岸 和田 城 , Kishiwada-jō ) is located in the city of Kishiwada in the former Izumi Province , now part of Osaka Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Okabe last resided there , who with an income of 60,000 Koku belonged to the smaller Fudai daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
history
In Kishiwada there was a castle in the Sengoku period . Today it is commonly called the "Old Castle" ( 古城 , Kojō ). Then in 1585 a new castle was built by Koide Hidemasa ( 小 出 秀 政 ), a higher vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshis . The old castle was a simple castle complex protected by moats, which was to be replaced by a new building after the removal of the monk fortress Negoro-ji and that of Saika ( 雑 賀 ) by Toyotomi in order to dominate Wakayama in the south.
The castle consisted of the central castle area, the Hommaru and the second castle area, the Ni-no-maru. When Matsui Yasushige (1568-1640) took over the castle in 1619, a gate and a watchtower were transferred from there to Kishiwada when Fushimi Castle was demolished . After Okabe Nobukatsu (1597–1668) took over the castle in 1640, the exterior areas were reinforced. This measure to strengthen the plant resulted from the suspicion of Bakufu the prince of Wakayama, Tokugawa Yorinobu ( 徳 川 頼 宜 ; 1602–1671), opposite. In the further course of time, Kishiwada served as protection against the Kishu-Tokugawa .
The castle on the edge of Osaka Bay had a hommaru of an unusual shape, with a five-story castle tower and a watchtower at each of its five corners, as well as walls built over with guard systems - Tamon-yagura ( 多 聞 櫓 ). The residence was in Ni-no-maru. This inner area was (and is) surrounded by a wide moat. The castle town was also protected by three wide moats.
Today a castle tower rebuilt in 1954, including the entrance gate, and a corner watchtower rebuilt in 1969 can be seen in the Hommaru. The Tamon-yagura were also restored. The Hommaru is designed as a modern park under the name Chiriki-kōen ( 千 亀 利 公園 ). The castle tower houses an exhibition on the castle complex.
photos
Staircase at the Hommaru
Corner, behind the castle tower
Entrance gate
Corner, behind the castle tower
Trench section
literature
- Owada: Kishiwada-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
Web links
- Kishiwada Castle at Culture-in-Asia: Part 1 with description - Part 2 - Part 3