Takatsuki Castle
| Takatsuki Castle | ||
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 Stone base inside the castle complex |
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| Creation time : | 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Takatsuki | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 50 '34 " N , 135 ° 37' 15.3" E | |
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The Takatsuki Castle ( Japanese 高 槻 城 , Takatsuki-jō ) is located in the city of Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Nagai last resided there as Fudai daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1615 a branch of the Naitō with 40,000 Koku ,
- from 1617 a branch of the Toki with 20,000 koku,
- from 1619 a branch of the Katahara Matsudaira with 20,000 koku,
- from 1636 a branch of the Okabe with 50,000 koku,
- from 1640 again a branch of the Katahara Matsudaira with 36,000 Koku,
- from 1649 a branch of the Nagai with 36,000 koku until 1868.
history
The castle was started in the first half of the 15th century by the Irie clan ( 入 江氏 ). In 1569 the great general under Oda Nobunaga , Wada Koremasa ( 和田 惟 正 ; 1530–1571), was able to defeat Irie Harukage ( 入 江春景 ) and take over the castle. Koremasa lost his life in the battle of Shiraikawahara in 1571, and his high vassal, Takayama with the honorary title Hida no kami ( 飛 騨 上 ), was able to drive out Koremasa's son Korenaga ( 惟 長 ) with his son Ukon ( 右 近 ) and take over the castle. 1585 Ukon was instructed Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the Castle Akashi added and reigned 12 years in that area.
Since Ukon was one of the losers in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the castle fell to the Tokugawa , who initially administered it themselves. In 1615, after the Toyotomi had been destroyed, a branch of the Naitō received the castle, which they had to leave after two years. It was followed by Toki Sadayoshi ( 土 岐 定義 ; 1580–1619), who received orders from Bakufu to repair the castle.
Other lords followed until 1649 when a branch of the Nagai took over the castle. The Nagai remained lords of the castle until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
The attachment
The inner castle area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ) and the second area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 の 丸 ), had together an east-west extension of 510 m and a north-south extension of 630 m after their completion. These areas with wider terrain were surrounded by the inner ditch ( 内 堀 , uchibori ). On the east side was the third castle area, the San-no-maru ( 三 の 丸 ), an area with storage buildings ( 蔵 屋 敷 , kurayashiki ) and an area in front, the Obikuruwa ( 帯 曲 輪 ), surrounded by the outer moat ( 外 堀 , sotobori ) .
At the beginning of the Meiji period , the castle buildings were demolished, and some of the stones were used for the railway line between Kyoto and Osaka, which was under construction from 1874. Large areas are taken up by two schools and a baseball field. From 1974 soil surveys were carried out and the base of the castle tower ( 天 守 閣 , tenshukaku ) examined. Inside is the Takatsuki City Museum of Local History ( 高 槻 市立 歴 史 民俗 資料 館 , Takatsuki shiritsu rekishi minzoku shiryokan ). The western part of the third castle area is now a public park ( 高 槻 城 跡 公園 , Takatsuki shiroato kōen ).
photos
Roof tiles of the castle
Roof decorations
Memorial stone
literature
- Kato, Masafumi: Takatsuki-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
- Tokyo-to rekishi kyoiku kenkyukai (ed.): Tokyo-to no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2001, ISBN 978-4-634-29130-0 . P. 232.
