Maebashi Castle
| Maebashi Castle | ||
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 Memorial stone for the castle |
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| Creation time : | 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | little received | |
| Place: | Maebashi | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 23 '28.4 " N , 139 ° 3' 38.4" E | |
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The Castle Maebashi ( Japanese 前橋城 , Maebashi-jō , originally Umabayashi-jō ) is located in the city of Maebashi , the capital of Gunma Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Matsudaira last resided there as a larger Fudai daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- Until 1604 Hiraiwa Chikayoshi with an income of 33,000 Koku ,
- from 1604 the Sakai with 32,000 Koku,
- from 1749 the Matsudaira with 150,000 Koku.
history
In the Entoku era ( 延 徳 ; 1489 to 1493), the prince at Minowa Castle ( 箕 輪 城 , -jō ), Nagano-Katatada ( 長野 堅 忠 ) on the east bank of the Tone River on the Umayabashi ( 厩 橋 ) called a hill Have built a castle. When Tokugawa Ieyasu received the Kantō level towards the end of the Sengoku period in 1590 , he installed his vassal Hiraiwa Chikayoshi there. Later, under the Sakai, Umayabashi was renamed Maebashi in 1687.
While the Matsudaira were lords of the castle, the bank destruction caused by the Tone River on the river side of the castle increased. In 1757 part of the central castle area was destroyed. In 1768 the Matsudaira gave up the castle and moved to Kawagoe Castle . At the request of the population, they rebuilt Maebashi Castle from 1863 onwards. The formerly third castle area, the San-no-maru (三 ノ 丸), was now used as the central castle area, i.e. as the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ). In 1867 the castle was completed - the last to be built in the traditional style - and the Matsudaira returned to Maebashi.
The attachment
The castle is located on a hill above the Tone River, which is, however, level, so that it is a low castle. Originally the Hommaru [1] with the castle tower ( 天 守 , tenshu ; red in the castle plan) lay directly above the bank of the river with the second area [2], the Ni-no-maru ( 二 ノ 丸 ), and the third area (3) , the San-nomaru ( 三 ノ 丸 ) in the east behind it. In the north, the Takahama pre-range ( 高 浜 曲 輪 , Takahama-kuruwa , [T]) protected , in the south the Umaya pre-range ( 厩 曲 輪 , Umaya-kuruwa , [U]).
After 1868 the castle was completely demolished and the trenches were largely filled in. Today the administration of the Gumma prefecture is located on the former Hommaru, and the other castle areas are also built on with administration buildings. Part of the area is a public park. Remains of the earth walls have been preserved from the north side of the Hommaru, and parts of the walls, earth walls and the dry moat from the Takahama area are preserved.
literature
- Sugai, Yasuo: Maebashi-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
