Komatsu Castle
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 Komatsu Castle |
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| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Remains received | |
| Place: | Komatsu | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 24 '45.4 " N , 136 ° 26' 36.4" E | |
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The Komatsu Castle ( Japanese 小松 城 , Komatsu-jō ) is located in the city of Komatsu in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa . In the Edo period , a branch of the Maeda family resided there as the Tozama daimyo .
history
Originally, the Asakura put on a castle on the south bank of the Kakehashi River ( ashi 川 ) flowing from east to west to protect against the Ikkō uprisings . Murakami Yorikatsu ( 村上 頼 勝 ; died 1604) and then Niwa Shiganaga ( 丹羽 重 長 ; 1571-1637) later took over the castle. After the battle of Sekigahara against Tokugawa Ieyasu , Niwa, who had fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu, lost the castle, which then fell into disrepair according to the rule "Only one castle per province" ( 一 国 一 城 , Ikkoku ichijō ).
In 1639, Prince Maeda Toshitsune ( 前 田 利 常 ; 1593–1658) withdrew from the management of the Kaga fief and had the castle restored, which he was then able to move into in 1640. After Toshitsune's death in 1658, the castle fell into disrepair except for the central area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ). A castle administrator ( 城 代 , jōdai ) of the Maeda was appointed. After the Meiji Restoration , the Maeda decided in 1871 to abandon the castle.
The attachment
The castle was built in the form of a compound system ( 連 郭 式 , renkaku-shiki ) south of the Kakehashi River and parallel to it. The main area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), is in front of the Biwashima ( 琵琶 島 ) area and then the Ni-no-muaru ( 二 の 丸 ) in the east . Other preliminary areas were Makijima ( 牧 島 ) and Takeshima ( 竹 島 ). No buildings have survived , but the base of the castle tower ( 天 守 台 , Tenshudai ), the Unagihashi Gate ( 鰻 橋 御 門 ) from the east side of the Ni-no-maru, which serves as the gateway to the residential area of the Raishō-ji ( 来生 寺 ) in the neighboring district of Sonomachi ( 園 町 ) was moved.
photos
Source at the foot of the castle tower base
Remains of the residence in the Hommaru
Base of a three-story watchtower
Stone walls
Gate remains
Earth storage tracks
literature
- Ikeda Koichi: Komatsu-jo. In: Masayuki Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya . Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
- Ishikawa-ken no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (Ed.): Komatsujo-ato. In: Ishikawa-ken no rekishi sampo . Yamakawa Shuppan, 2010. ISBN 978-4-634-24617-1 . P. 111.
