Fukui Castle
| Fukui-jō | ||
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 Fukui Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Kita-no-shō | |
| Creation time : | 1600 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Walls and moat preserved | |
| Construction: | stone | |
| Place: | Fukui | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 3 '55.6 " N , 136 ° 13' 15.2" E | |
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The Fukui Castle ( Japanese 福井城 , Fukui-jō ) is a Japanese castle in the city of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture . In 1868 it was the seat of a Matsudaira branch with 670,000 koku income, which ruled over the fiefdom ( han ) Fukui.
history
In 1600, after the Battle of Sekigahara , Yūki Hideyasu ( 結 城 秀 康 ; 1574-1607), Tokugawa Ieyasu's second son , received the Kita-no-shō ( 北 ノ 庄 城, Kitanoshō-jō ) in the province of Echizen and began with the following year with the construction of a new castle one kilometer north. The Asuwa River and its tributaries were included in the rift system. The inner ring of the castle and the second are said to have been outlined by Ieyasu himself. The castle tower, which was completed in 1606, had five floors, which were combined to four levels on the outside. The tower was 37 m high with the base, but was lost in a fire in 1619 and was not rebuilt.
From 1604 Hideyasu was able to use the name Matsudaira and founded the Echizen line of Matsudaira. In 1623 his son was exiled because of neglect of his duties, his brother Tadamasa, head of the fief Takada, succeeded him in 1624. After the source at the Fuku-no-i castle tower , the castle and city were renamed Fukui ( 福 居 and 福井 ).
In 1659 and 1669, fires caused destruction, with the keep being lost in the second fire. It was not rebuilt. Instead, some three-story watchtowers ( yagura ) were built.
After the Meiji restoration , the buildings on the castle grounds were demolished in 1871 and the outer trenches filled in. In April 1923, the prefecture administration was transferred to the site and the rest of the castle area was incorporated into the structure of the city.
gallery
Overview of the castle
Above on the corner of the castle tower
Base of the keep
Source Fuku-no-i
Prefectural Administration
Remarks
- ↑ There are various explanations for the process.
- ↑ The cover of the spring with stone beams was the starting point for the design of the city arms.
- ↑ The stone base was badly damaged in the great earthquake on June 28, 1948.
literature
- Ikeda, Koichi: Fukui-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604379-5 .
- Nozawa, Nakahira (Ed.): Fukui-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa, 2010, ISBN 978-4-634-24618-8 .