Obi Castle
| Obi Castle | ||
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 Obi Castle, main gate |
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| Creation time : | 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly preserved | |
| Place: | Obi | |
| Geographical location | 31 ° 37 ′ 45 " N , 131 ° 21 ′ 1" E | |
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The castle Obi ( Japanese 飫肥城 , Obi-jō ) is located in the city of Nichinan in Miyazaki Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Itō resided there as a smaller Tozama daimyo with an income of 36,000 koku .
history
Obi Castle is located on a hill between the Sakatani River ( 酒 谷川 , Sakatani-gawa ) and the Yamakawa ( 山川 ) in the northeast. It is not known exactly when the castle was built, probably at the time of the split of the imperial court at the beginning of the 14th century.
What is certain is that the castle was built by Shimazu Tadakane around 1475. In 1562 it was conquered by Itō Yoshisuke ( 伊 東 義 祐 ; 1512–1584), until then prince on Tonokōri, who lost it to Shimazu Tadachika in the same year.
In 1568 Yoshisuke occupied the castle, his second son Suketake ( 祐 兵 ; 1559–1600) became lord of the castle. But in 1577 the Shimazu finally won the upper hand, the Itō had to move to the province of Bungo . However, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi subjugated Kyushu in 1587, Suketake got the castle back. The Itō then remain lords of the castle until the Meiji restoration .
The attachment
The castle has the characteristics of a medieval investment form. Only the innermost area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), was protected by walls, the areas in front of it by earth walls. The Hommaru was directly surrounded by the [A] Matsuo-maru ( 松尾 丸 ), [B] Moto-hommaru ( 元本 丸 ) and the [C] Imashiro-maru ( 今 城 丸 ). In front of that were the areas [D] Nishi-no-maru ( 西 の 丸 ), [E] Naka-nomaru ( 中 の 丸 ), [F] Kita-no-maru ( 北 の 丸 ), [G] Ideya-no-maru ( 出屋 の 丸 ), [H] Moto-maru ( 元 丸 ) and [J] Hachiman-maru ( 八 幡 丸 ). Various areas of the castle, such as the main gate in the south and the Naka-no-maru, were renovated and reinforced with stones in the Edo period.
The castle was badly damaged in the great earthquake of 1684. The reigning Prince Itō Sukezane ( 伊 東 祐 実 ; 1674-1723) had some areas leveled and the main gate reinforced. The residence was rebuilt and completed in 1693. In 1801 the Han school Gakumonjo ( 学問 所 ), which was upgraded from 1831 and called Shintokudō ( 振 徳 堂 ), was on the Hachiman-maru .
Only the southern part of the walls of the Hommaru is preserved. The main gate has been preserved as the so-called Yaguramon Gate ( 櫓 門 , yagura-mon ). The residence that was in Naka-no-maru was rebuilt in Matsuo-maru. From the Shintokudō the building Omoya ( 主 屋 ), the Nagayamon gate ( 長 屋門 ), the main gate and the Yoshōkan ( 豫章 館 ) in the former castle garden have been preserved. In addition, remains of the samurai area in front of the castle have been preserved.
Today the pre-area Imashiro is united with the Hommaru and is the seat of the Obi primary school ( 飫 肥 小学校 , Obi shōgakkō ). The Hommaru is the school's sports field, and in the southeast corner there is a small museum on the castle history, the Obijō Rekishi Shiryokan ( 帯 状 歴 史 資料 館 ). The northeastern pre-areas are used by the Obi Middle School ( 飫 肥 中 学校 , Obi chūgakkō ).
In front of the main gate of the castle is the memorial for the politician and diplomat Komura Jutarō , the Komura Kinenkan ( 小 村 記念 館 ), who was born in Obi .
photos
Middle rise to the Hommaru
Inside view of the main gate below
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literature
- Ikeda Koichi: Obi-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Obi-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
- Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
