Nakatsu Castle
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 Nakatsu Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1588 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Nakatsu | |
| Geographical location | 33 ° 36 '23.9 " N , 131 ° 11' 11.1" E | |
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The Nakatsu Castle ( Japanese 中 津城 , Nakatsu-jō ) is located in the city of Nakatsu , Ōita Prefecture . During the Edo period it was the seat of the Nakatsu fiefdom , which was last ruled by the Okudaira , who with an income of 100,000 koku belonged to the larger Fudai daimyo .
Along with Takamatsu Castle and Imabari Castle, it is one of the "Three Great Water Castles of Japan" ( 日本 三 大海 城 , Nihon sandai umijiro ).
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
history
In 1587 Toyotomi Hideyoshi handed over the Nakatsu area after the successful completion of his Kyūshū campaign and the division of the provinces there Kuroda Yoshitaka ( 黒 田 孝 高 ; 1546-1604; also Jōsui ( 如水 )). Yoshitaka began building a castle on the east bank of the Nakatsu River the following year, leveling a slight hill for it. The castle comprised the central district, the two-tier Hommaru and a second district in the east, the Ni-no-maru.
After the Battle of Sekigahara , the Kuroda were transferred to the province of Chikuzen and the province of Buzen was taken over by Hosokawa Tadaoki and son Tadatoshi ( 忠 利 ; 1586–1641), with the father taking over Kokura Castle and the son Nakatsu. The castle has now been expanded extensively, the San-no-maru laid out to the south and the castle town expanded to the east to the Yamakuni River at that time.
Nakatsu Castle escaped the "One Castle per Province" arrangement ( 一 国 一 城 令 , ikkoku ichijō rei ) and was preserved. The Hosokawa moved in 1622, and first the Ogasawara, then the Okudaira, came to Nakatsu. The latter stayed there until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. In 1872 the castle buildings were demolished.
The castle tower (six-story inside, five-story exterior) was rebuilt in 1964, supported by the grandson of the last daimyo, Okudaira Akinobu ( 奥 平 昌 信 ), together with a two-story watchtower. The building now serves as a history museum. There are also three shrines on the premises, including the Kii Shrine ( 城 井 神社 , Kii-jinja ), which is dedicated to the Utsunomiya clan ( 宇 部 氏 ) who ruled the area for 400 years from the Kamakura period . Another shrine is dedicated to the founders of the Okudaira clan.
photos
Castle tower
Hommatsu inside
Digging lot
Digging lot
Gate to the water on the southwest corner
Corner watchtower
literature
- Yamanouchi: Nakatsu-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Nakatsu-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Ed .: Kin'ensha. ISBN 4-321-31720-7 .