Yonezawa Castle
| Yonezawa Castle | ||
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 Yonezawa Castle, moat around the Hommaru |
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| Creation time : | around 1550 | |
| Castle type : | Hirajiro (Lower Castle) | |
| Conservation status: | Partially | |
| Place: | Yonezawa | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 54 '34.6 " N , 140 ° 6' 18.5" E | |
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The castle Yonezawa ( Japanese 米沢城 , Yonezawa-jō ) is located in the city of Yonezawa , Yamagata Prefecture . In the Edo period , the Uesugi resided there, who with an income of 300,000 koku belonged to the great Tozama daimyo .
history
After Date Tanemune ( 伊達 稙 宗 ; 1488–1565) and son Harumune ( 晴 宗 ; 1519–1578) had put down an uprising during the Tembun period (1532–1555), Harumune moved from Nishiyama Castle in Mutsu Province to Yonezawa and made this place his headquarters, built the castle and laid out the castle town. When the date were moved to Iwateyama, the Kamō ( 蒲生氏 , Kamō-shi ) took over the castle. 1598 Uesugi Kagekatsu received ( 上杉景勝 ; 1556-1623) the domain Aizu ( 会津蕃 , Aizu- han ) and also the Castle Yonezawa he his important vassal Naoe Kanetsugu ( 直江兼続 ; 1559-1620), left. At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Kagekatsu was among the losers, his income was reduced to 300,000 koku, and all he was left with was Yonezawa.
Kagekatsu renewed the second castle district, the Ni-no-maru ( 二 ノ 丸 ), and began in 1608 with a comprehensive renovation and expansion of the castle complex. The works included the central district, the Hommaru ( 本 丸 ), the Ni-no-maru and the third castle district, the San-no-maru ( 三 ノ 丸 ), also called Soto-kuruwa ( 外 廓 ). The innermost castle area was completely enclosed by the outer ones, they are protected by moats and earth walls. There was no castle tower, its function was taken over by two three-story watchtowers at the northwest and northeast corner of the Hommaru. In the Hommaru there was also a residence and a memorial for Uesugi Kenshin . In Ni-nomaru there was another residence and estate of vassals. Other vassals resided in the San-no-maru.
The castle remained the seat of the Uesugi until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, but was largely demolished afterwards. In the Hommaru there is, among other things, a shrine in which the Uesugi are venerated. The Uesugi Municipal Museum ( im 沢 市 上杉 博物館 , Yonezawa-shi Uesugi hakubutsukan ) has been located southeast of Hommaru, i.e. in the former Ni-no-maru, since 2001 , which, among other things, houses a national treasure that depicts old Kyoto on a gold background. Rakugai-zu ( 洛 中 洛 外 図 ) by Kanō Eitoku , houses.
literature
- Mizoguchi: Yonezawa-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 , p. 100.
- Nishigaya, Yasuhiro (Ed.): Yonezawa-jo. In: Nihon meijo zukan, Rikogaku-sha, 1993. ISBN 4-8445-3017-8 .