Matsumae Castle
| Matsumae Castle | ||
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 Matsumae Castle, castle tower |
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| Creation time : | 1850 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Matsumae | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 25 '47.4 " N , 140 ° 6' 30.2" E | |
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The Castle Matsumae ( Japanese 松前城 , Matsumae-jō ) is located in Matsumae in the prefecture of Hokkaido . In the Edo period , the Matsumae resided there as little Tozama daimyo .
history
The Matsumae, originally called Kakizaki ( 蠣 崎 ), had been active on Hokkaidō since the 15th century. After Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power , Matsumae Yoshihiro ( 松 前 慶 広 ; 1550-1618) was confirmed in 1604 as administrator of Hokkaidō (then still called Ezochi ). In 1608 a permanent house ( 陣 屋 , jin'ya ) with the name Fukuyama-date ( 福山 館 ) was completed. 1719 Matsumae Norihiro ( 松 前 矩 広 ; 1660-1721) with an income of more than 10,000 Koku count to the daimyo.
Around 1850, the head of the Matsumae clan, Matsumae Takahiro ( 松 前 宗 広 ), began building Matsumae Castle after the Shogunate had not given permission until then. With the increasing threat from European ships around Hokkaidō, the Fukutama date was no longer sufficient as a base. The facility was designed by the Takasaki- han's military expert Ichikawa Ichigaku ( 市 川 一 学 ; 1778–1858) and was completed after four years. It was a castle by the standards of the time, but when soon afterwards in the Boshin War Hijigata Toshizō ( – 歳 三 ; 1835–1869) defended it for the Tokugawa, he had to give it up because of its weak north side.
Matsumae Castle was the last to be built according to traditional ideas. After all, it had seven positions for cannons on the side facing the sea.
After the old provinces were dissolved and the prefectures established in 1871, most of the castle was demolished. The three-story castle tower, the gate to the Hommaru, the main part of the residence, were preserved. The gate still exists, the residence and the castle tower were lost in a fire in 1949. However, the castle tower was rebuilt.
literature
- Mizoguchi: Matsumae-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Matsumae-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
