Nihonmatsu Castle
| Nihonmatsu Castle | ||
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| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Nihonmatsu | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 35 '58.7 " N , 140 ° 25' 40.7" E | |
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The castle Nihonmatsu ( Japanese 二本松城 , Nihonmatsu-jō ) is located in the city of Nihonmatsu , Fukushima Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Niwa resided there , who with an income of 100,000 koku belonged to the larger Tozama daimyo .
Lords of the castle
- Around 1600 the Kamō ( 蒲生氏 , Kamō-shi )
- From 1627 Matsushita Shigetsuna with an income of 50,000 koku.
- From 1629 a branch of the Katō with an income of 30,000 Koku.
- From 1643 a branch of the Niwa with an income of 100,000 koku.
The attachment
The castle, built by the Tateyama, fell to Date in 1590 as a branch of Wakamatsu Castle . Then came the Kamō, Uesugi, again the Kamō, and finally the Matsushita and Katō. In 1643 the castle came to the Niwa, with the Niwa Mitsushige (1622–1701) coming from Shirakawa who founded their own Han with 100,000 koku. The Niwa remained lords of the castle until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
During the Boshin War , the castle became famous for the sacrificial efforts of the Nihonmatsu shonentai ( 二 本 松 初年 隊 ), which consisted of young people . After the defeat, the castle and residence were destroyed.
The castle with its defenses was built by the first lord Niwa Mitsushige from 1649. The central area, the Hommaru, was built on a hill called Shirahata-ga-mine ( 白 幡 ヶ 峰 ). The “New Residence”, the second castle area Ni-no-maru, was laid out on the southern slope, from where the fiefdom ( Han ) was ruled. Hommaru and Ni-no-maru were protected by high stone walls. The lower castle area took advantage of the protection of a valley, with the system receiving five gates, including the Takeda-mon ( 竹田 門 ) and the Ikeiri-mon ( 池 入門 ). The samurai quarter was also located within the castle complex.
In 1982 one of the lower gates, the Minowa-mon ( 箕 輪 門 ), was rebuilt. In front of it is the monument group of the Shontentai.
photos
Monument to the Shonen-tai
Minowa Gate, outside
Minowa Gate, inside
The Hommaru
Base of the castle tower
View from the castle tower
literature
- Akihiro Mizoguchi: Nihonmatsu-jo. In: Masayuki Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604378-7 .
- Saichiro Miyaji (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanchu-tachi. Tokoku-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997, ISBN 4-7959-1906-2 .
- Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
