Tsuwano Castle
| Tsuwano Castle | ||
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 View of Hitojichi-kuruwa and San-no-maru |
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| Creation time : | 1601 | |
| Castle type : | Hirayamajiro (hill castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partly reconstructed | |
| Place: | Tsuwano | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 27 '36 " N , 131 ° 45' 50.4" E | |
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The Tsuwano Castle ( Japanese 津 和 野 城 , Tsuwano-jō ) is located in Tsuwano in Shimane Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Kamei last resided there as a smaller Tozama daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1601 Sakazaki Narimasa ( 坂 崎 成 正 ), actually Ukita Akiie ( 宇 喜 多 詮 家 ),
- From 1617 the Kamei.
history
In 1601 Sakazaki Narimasa, Dewa -no- kami ( 出 羽 守 ), received the castle from the Ukita clan and began extensive modernization of the existing complex. When, in 1616, his plan to kidnap Senhime, the bride of Honda Naotokis ( 本 多 忠 刻 ; 1596–1626), was revealed, he committed seppuku . Then Kamei Masanori ( 亀 井 政 矩 ; 1590-1619) took over the castle. It remained in the possession of the Kamei until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
investment
The castle is located on the 367 m high mountain Reiki ( 霊 亀 山 , Reiki-san ). At the highest point, the central area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), was created, one step below the base for the castle tower ( 天 守 閣 , tenshukaku ). In the northwest was the second area, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 の 丸 ), which extended to the Taiko-maru ( 太 鼓 丸 ) in the north. The third area, the San-no-maru ( 三 の 丸 ), extended from the west to the southern tip . Between the Hommaru and the southern part of the San-no-maru there was a small area called Hitojichi-kuruwa ( 人質 曲 輪 , Hitojichi-kuruwa ), meaning “area for hostages”. Separated to the north, there was a fortification called Oribe-maru ( 織 gesetzt ) on the ridge . There was also a small residence on the mountain. The castle tower was lost in 1668 by a lightning strike.
Another residence was built at the foot of the mountain, of which a two-storey long building ( 多 聞 櫓 , tamon-yagura ) called the Monomi watchtower ( 物 見 櫓 , Monomi-yagura ) and the Babasaki-yagura ( 馬 場 先 櫓 ) have been preserved . In the residence there was a garden called Karakuen ( 嘉 楽 園 ), a small park of the same name is now elsewhere.
literature
- Kato, Masafumi: Tsuwano-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jin'ya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Tsuwano-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .
