Takatō Castle
| Takatō Castle | ||
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 Takatō Castle, bridge to Hommaru |
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| Creation time : | unknown | |
| Castle type : | Yamajiro (mountain castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Takato | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 49 '59 .1 " N , 138 ° 3' 46.1" E | |
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The Takatō Castle ( Japanese 高遠 城 , Takatō-jō ) is located in the Japanese city of Ina ( Nagano Prefecture ). In the Edo period , a branch of the Naitō resided there as a smaller Fudai daimyō .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
history
It is unknown who built Takatō Castle. The current castle is believed to have received its shape under Takeda Shingen . In the Edo period, after the Hoshina and Torii, the Naitō were lords of the castle until the Meiji Restoration in 1869.
The attachment
The castle was built on a hill above the confluence of the Mibugawa ( 三峰 川 ) and the Fujizawa-gawa ( 藤 澤川 ) with a view of the road that connects the Tenryū-gawa area with the Suwa area ( 諏 訪 方面 ). On the level hill, deep trenches and stone walls in several rings were created to protect the castle, and earth walls were also piled up. The innermost castle district, the Hommaru [1], was protected from northwest to northeast by the second and third castle district (Ni-no-maru [2] and San-no-maru [3]), and from southwest to southeast by the bastions Suwa-kuruwa ( 諏 訪 曲 輪 ) [A], Sasa-kuruwa ( 笹 曲 輪 ) [B], Minami-kuruwa ( 南曲 輪 ) [C] and Hōdōji-kuruwa ( 法幢 寺 曲 輪 ) [D]. Most of the gates were box-shaped with a Kōrai gate on the outside and a Yagura gate on the inside. This castle complex is typical of Takeda Shingen's castles.
Today the earth walls are only partially visible. The Ni-no-maru is comparatively well preserved. In San-no-maru is the Han school Shintokukan ( 進 進 館 ) and a castle gate in this area. After the demolition of most of the buildings, former samurai and citizens campaigned for the castle complex to be a public park. The national symbol of the castle is the bridge and the castle gate to the Hommaru, which are surrounded by splendidly blooming cherry trees.
Hints
- ↑ Architecture note "Gates"
- ^ Massive castle gate.
literature
- Takada, Toru: Takatō-jō in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Takatō-jō. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
