Numata Castle
| Numata Castle | ||
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 Numata Castle, bell tower |
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| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly preserved | |
| Place: | Numata | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 38 '55.4 " N , 139 ° 2' 20.5" E | |
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The castle Numata ( Japanese 沼田城 , Numata-jō ) is located in the town of Numata in the prefecture Gumma . In the Edo period , the Toki last resided there as Fudai daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1616 a branch of the Sanada with an income of 27,000 koku ,
- from 1703 a branch of Honda with 20,000 Koku,
- from 1732 a branch of the Kuroda with 25,000 koku,
- from 1742 a branch of the Toki with 35,000 Koku.
history
In 1544 Numata Akiyasu ( 沼 田 頭 奏 ) built a castle on a hill between the rivers Usune ( 薄 根 川 , -gawa ) in the north, Tone ( 利 根 川 , -gawa ) in the west and Katashina ( 片 品 川 , -gawa ) in the south.
In 1560 the castle was conquered by Uesugi Kenshin , in 1580 it fell to the Sanada, vassals of the Takeda from the province of Kai . After the end of the Takeda, the area fell to Takigawa Kazumasu ( 滝 川 一 益 ), a vassal of the Oda . Then the castle came back to the Sanada, but they lost it for a while to the later Hōjō until they were wiped out.
The attachment
Numata Castle was repaired and expanded between 1591 and 1597. It now consisted of the central castle area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ; 1), the second and third area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 の 丸 ; 2) and San-no-maru ( 三 の 丸 ; 3), as well as the pre-area " At the water “( 水 の 手 曲 輪 , Mizu-no-te kuruwa ; A) and further areas, Sute-kuruwa ( 捨 曲 輪 ; B), Hoshina-kuruwa ( 保 科 曲 輪 ; C). A five-story castle tower ( 天 守 , tenshu ; marked in red) was built in the Hommaru . The main gate ( 大 手 門 , Ōte-mon ; H) was in the southeast of the castle. In 1681 the lord of the castle at that time Sanada Nobutoshi ( 真 田 信 利 ; 1635–1688) was deposed, after which the castle fell into disrepair.
1703 received Honda Masanaga ( 本 多 正 永 ; 1645-1711) the area and rebuilt the castle. However, he was limited to a fortified living area, and instead of rebuilding the demolished castle tower, the Honda contented themselves with a three-story watchtower. And so it remained under the subsequent lords of the castle.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the castle was demolished and the area became Numata Park ( 沼 田 公園 , Numata kōen ). From the Hommaru walls, dry ditches, bases of the watchtowers and remains of the walls have been preserved. Parts of the mighty earth wall and walls of the second castle area were restored on the east side. A replica of the bell tower was completed in 1983. It now serves as the symbol of the castle.
literature
- Sugai, Yasuo: Numata-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 64.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Numata-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
