Sumpu Castle

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Sumpu Castle
Sumpu, Tatsumi corner tower [1], behind the east gate

Sumpu, Tatsumi corner tower, behind it the east gate

Creation time : 1589 (rebuilt in 1635)
Castle type : Hirajiro (Lower Castle)
Conservation status: Receive
Place: Shizuoka
Geographical location 34 ° 58 '45.8 "  N , 138 ° 22' 59.3"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 58 '45.8 "  N , 138 ° 22' 59.3"  E
Height: 24  m  TP
Sumpu Castle (Shizuoka Prefecture)
Sumpu Castle
Aerial view of the castle, 1988

The Sumpu Castle ( Japanese 駿 府城 , Sumpu-jō ) is located in the city of Shizuoka , whose old name was Sumpu for short, namely the seat of government of the Suruga province ( 駿 河 府中 , Suruga fuchū ). The castle is best known for the fact that Tokugawa Ieyasu had it expanded for himself as a retreat.

history

In the Muromachi period , it was the seat of the Imagawa clan and, when it perished, Ieyasu built a castle from 1585 to 1589 by moving parts of his Hamamatsu castle there. In 1590 he gave the place back to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in exchange for the Kantō provinces , but after the Battle of Sekigahara he initially enfeoffed Naitō Nobunari with it. In 1607 Ieyasu carried out a major reshuffle of the fiefdoms and made Sumpu his retirement home. Even after his death, the castle remained in the hands of the Tokugawa family.

The attachment

Sumpu Castle is on the Abe River and is a good example of a castle on the Kantō Plain . It occupies an area of ​​720 m² and is divided into three surrounding rings: Hommaru , Ni-no-maru and San-no-maru , each of which was protected by moats and walls. In the main district you found the residence and the castle tower, which had five levels on the outside, but was divided into seven floors on the inside. The structures were lost in a fire in 1635, but were largely rebuilt, except for the castle tower. In the first Great Ansei earthquake in 1854 , the castle was badly damaged and never restored. After the Meiji Restoration , troops were stationed on the castle grounds, with the base of the castle tower and stone walls being removed. The buildings mentioned have been faithfully restored since the 1990s.

  • East Gate, (A) Outer Gate

  • East Gate, (B) Inner Gate

  • Floor plan of the gate area

Remarks

  1. ↑ Tatsumi ( 辰 巳 ) is southeast (of the castle) after the branches of earth .
  2. ↑ The middle ditch is completely preserved, the outer half, the innermost only in small sections.

literature

  • Owada, Yasutsune: Sunpu-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya . Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .

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