Nagaoka Castle
| Nagaoka Castle | ||
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 Nagaoka, castle ruins (Hommaru) |
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| Creation time : | 1605 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | not available anymore | |
| Place: | Nagaoka | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 26 '51.2 " N , 138 ° 51' 2" E | |
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The Castle Nagaoka ( Japanese 長岡城 , Nagaoka-jō ) was located in the city of Nagaoka ( Niigata Prefecture ). In the Edo period , a branch of the Makino ( Fudai-Daimyō ) resided there last .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1616 Hori Naoyori with an income of 80,000 Koku ,
- From 1618 a branch of Makino with 64,000 koku.
history
Hori Naoyori ( 堀 直 竒 ; 1577–1639) from the Hori clan began in 1605 with the construction of a castle. But when Hori Tadatoshi ( 堀 忠 俊 , 1596–1622), lord of the castle on Fukushima, was deposed in 1610 , Naoyori also had to give up Nagaoka Castle as a relative without having completed it.
After that, Yamada Katsushige ( 勝 勝 重 ) moved into the castle for a short time . He was an important vassal of Matsudaira Tadateru ( 松 平 忠輝 ), and when he lost his position in 1616, Naoyori moved in again in his place and continued building the castle. In 1618, however, he was transferred to Murakami Castle ( Echigo Province ), whereupon Makino Tadanari ( 牧野 忠 成 ; 1581–1655) took over and completed the castle. The Makino remained lords of the castle until the Meiji restoration in 1868.
The attachment
The castle complex consisted of the central area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ) and the second area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 の 丸 ). Both areas were surrounded by moats and were made up of the San-no-maru ( 三 の 丸 ), the Tsume-no-maru ( 詰 の 丸 ), the southern and western pre-area ( 南曲 輪 , Minami-kuruwa and 西 曲 輪 , Nishi-kuruwa ) protected. The castle was entirely surrounded by the outer moat ( 外 堀 , sotobori).
The individual areas were not protected by stone walls, but by earth walls. The Hommaru had no castle tower ( 天 守 , tenshu ), its function was performed by a three-story watchtower on the northwest corner.
In 1684 the Sōbori ( 総 堀 ), i.e. the moat further out, was deepened, the bridge foundations on the Hommaru and the stone sections repaired. Many gates, watchtowers and bridges were lost in a fire in March 1728. But it was restored until 1754.
When the troops of the new government advanced as far as Nagaoka in the Boshin War in 1868, the Makino eldest and military chief, Kawai Tsuginosuke ( 河 井 継 之 助 ; 1827–1868) negotiated with the representative of the government troops, Iwamura Seiichirō ( 岩村 精 一郎 ) in the Jigen Temple -ji ( 慈 眼 寺 ). Since the conversation ended without result, the castle was attacked and captured, with all buildings being destroyed. After that, all moats were filled in, the area became a residential area, so that there are no more traces of the castle. At the place of the Hommaru and the Ni-no-maru, memorial stones remind of the castle.
At a distant place, on a hill in Yūkyūzan Park ( 悠久 山 公園 , Yūkyūzan kōen ), the three-story watchtower was rebuilt and used as a local museum ( 郷 土 資料 館 , kyōdo shiryōkan ).
Remarks
- ↑ Tadateru (1592–1683), sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu , was exiled to the province of Ise , but lived there for a very long time.
literature
- Owada, Yasutsune: Nagaoka-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
