Mihara Castle
| Mihara Castle | ||
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 Mihara Castle 、 North end of Hommaru |
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| Creation time : | Mid 16th century | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Remains received | |
| Place: | Mihara | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 24 '4.6 " N , 133 ° 4' 57.6" E | |
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The Mihara Castle ( Japanese 三原 城 , Mihara-jō ) is located in the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture . In the Edo period , a branch of the Asano resided there as the Tozama daimyo .
Lords of the castle in the Edo period
- From 1600 the Fukushima Mihara used as a side castle to Hiroshima Castle .
- From 1619 a branch of the Asano with 30,000 Koku took over the castle and kept it until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
history
In 1576 and 1595, Kobayakawa Takakage ( 小早川 隆 景 ; 1533–1597) renovated the castle twice. After the Battle of Sekigahara , Fukushima Masanori ( 福島 正 則 ; 1561-1624), who had moved into Hiroshima Castle with an income of 90,000 koku , also took over this castle. With this he began to consolidate or create six bases in his domain in addition to his main residence.
In order to strengthen the protective function of Mihara Castle on the coast, ten two-story watchtowers were built. Even after the order of the shogunate "(Only) one castle per province" ( 一 国 一 城 , Ikkoku ichijō ) Mihara could be received as one of the exceptions. In 1619 the Fukushima were replaced by the Asano, after which the Asano elder, Asano Tadayoshi ( 浅 野 忠 吉 ), received the castle. The Asano then remained lords of the castle until the Meiji period.
The attachment
The castle uses the delta that was formed at the confluence of the Numatagawa ( 沼 田 川 ) in the Seto Inland Sea on the northern bank. The complex thus resembles Hiroshima Castle, which also uses a river delta. - In the south the castle was built into the inland sea. As usual, it consisted of the innermost area, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), and the second area in the east and south, the Ni-no.maru ( 二 unmittelbar 丸 ), directly connected to it. These two areas were enclosed by the inner ditch ( 内 堀 , uchibori ). In the east, the third area, the San-no-maru ( 三 ノ 丸 ), was built in front.
At the beginning of the Meiji period , the castle buildings were demolished. The castle grounds were then used later to build the station for the San'yō railway line . When the Shinkansen line was built , even more castle grounds were lost. The northern end of the Hommaru with its high stone wall has essentially been preserved.
literature
- Kato, Masafumi: Mihara-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
