Maruoka Castle
| Maruoka Castle | ||
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 Maruoka Castle Tower |
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| Creation time : | 1576 | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | essential parts received | |
| Place: | Sakai | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 9 '8.5 " N , 136 ° 16' 19.6" E | |
| Height: | 27 m TP | |
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The small Maruoka Castle ( Japanese 丸 岡 城 , Maruoka-jō ) in Sakai , Fukui Prefecture has one of the twelve Japanese castle towers from the Edo period .
history
The castle was built in 1576 by Shibata Katsutoyo, adoptive son of Shibata Katsuie , on a hill on the east side of the Sakai plain. Then she came to Niwa Nagahide, Aoyama Munekatsu and son Tadamoto with an income of 46,000 koku . After the Battle of Sekigahara , the Aoyama had to give up the castle.
In 1601 Imamura Moritsugu, an important minister under Yūki Hideyasu ( Fukui Castle ), became lord of the castle in Maruoka with 25,000 koku. Honda Narishige, sub-chancellor of Matsudaira Tadanao (son of Yūji Hideyasu) received the castle with 40,000 koku as early as 1613. After Tadanao's dismissal, he became chief of Maruoka-han. In 1695 Arima Kiyozumi was enfeoffed with the Han (50,000 koku). The Arima remained lords of the castle until the Meiji Restoration .
The attachment
The main castle (Hommaru) on the hill was connected to the Ni-no-maru with the residence and samurai quarters. Both maru were surrounded by a pond-like body of water, around which the san-no-maru was laid out. This in turn was surrounded by a moat. From the San-no-maru you got into the inner area through the main gate (Ōte-mon) on the west side. There was also another, smaller entrance on the east side, the rear gate (Ura-mon).
The castle tower has three floors inside, which are combined into two levels on the outside. It is said to be the oldest existing castle tower in Japan. It shows how the likewise early castle tower of Inuyama has a lookout on the roof. The floor plan suggests a building at the beginning of the Edo period, whereby the arrangement of the beams suggests that the second and third floors were later extensions.
After the Meiji restoration, the castle buildings were demolished in 1872, whereby the castle tower could be purchased for a moderate sum and was thus preserved. The castle was then transferred to the city of Maruoka, and the castle tower was registered as a national treasure in 1934. Today it is classified as an important cultural asset . The castle tower was badly damaged in the Fukui earthquake in 1948, but could be restored.
The moats were already filled in at the beginning of the Shōwa period and partly built over. The castle hill is now surrounded by Kasumigashiro Park.
literature
- Ikeda, Koichi: Maruoka-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
