Sōma-Nakamura Castle
| Sōma-Nakamura Castle | ||
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 Sōma-Nakamura Castle, Inner Main Gate |
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| Creation time : | 1611 | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Remains received | |
| Place: | Sōma | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 47 '52.2 " N , 140 ° 54' 51.8" E | |
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The Sōma-Nakamura Castle ( Japanese (相 馬) 中 村 城 , (Sōma-) Nakamura-jō ) is located in the city of Sōma in the north of Fukushima Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Sōma resided there continuously as Tozama-Daimyō .
history
The ancestor of Sōma, the second son of Chiba Tsunetane ( 千葉 常 胤 ; 1118–1201), Sōma Morotsune ( 相 馬 師 常 ; 1139–1205), was successful in the battles for Hirazumi and received Namekata County ( 行 方 郡 , - gun ). Descendant in the sixth generation was Sōma Shigetane ( 相 馬 重 胤 ), who built a permanent house in Odaka ( 小 高 ) in 1326 , which was later expanded into a castle.
In 1611, Sōma Toshidake ( 相 馬 利 胤 ; 1581-1625) decided to leave Odaka and build a new castle in the vicinity in Nakamura where a castle had previously stood. With the help of the components taken from Odaka Castle, he was able to design a substantial part of the new castle. The Sōma then remained the lords of the castle for the entire Edo period .
The attachment
The central area of the castle, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), was built on a hill that rises above the plain there between the Koizumigawa ( 小泉 川 ) and Udagawa ( 宇 多 川 ) rivers . In the southwest corner stood the three-story castle tower ( 天 守 , tenshu , marked in red), which was lost in 1670 due to a lightning strike. It was not rebuilt.
Around the central area, the second area, the Ni-no-maru (二 ノ 丸), was laid out, which was divided into a northern, eastern, southern and western part ( 北 二 ノ 丸 , 2n; 東 二 の 丸 , 2o; 南 二 ノ 丸 , 2s; 西 二 の 丸 , 2w). The third area, da San-no-maru ( 三 ノ 丸 ), was again created in a ring around the second area and was also divided into four parts ( 北 三 ノ 丸 , 3n; 東 三 の 丸 , 3o; 南 三 ノ 丸 , 3s; 西 三 の 丸 , 3w).
In the southeast there was - and is - a separate area [N] for the Nakamura shrine (中 村 神社, Nakamura-jinja ), in which the Sōma were and are worshiped. There an area called Enzō-kuruwa ( 円 蔵 曲 輪 ; E) was created. In the northeast there was the protected Okada-kan ( 岡田 館 ), the residence of the important vassal of the Sōma, the Okada.
After the Meiji restoration in 1868, all structures were demolished, only the inner main gate ( 大 手 一 門 , Ōte-ichimon ; H) remained. Part of the moat in the north and east has also been preserved.
The castle was also called Baryū Castle ( 馬陵 城 , -jō ). This refers to a place name (in Chinese: Maling) in the Chinese spring and autumn annals . The name lives on as a name for the castle park: Baryū-kōen ( 馬陵 公園 ).
Remarks
- ↑ 1189 his battle for supremacy in northern Japan took place between Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Ōshū-Fujiwara, which went down in history under the name Ōshu gosen ( 奥 州 合 戦 ). It was won by the Ōshu-Fujiwara.
literature
- Mizoguchi, Akihiro: Nakamura-jō in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Sōma-Nakamura-jō. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
