Nagoya Castle (Hizen Province)
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Nagoya Castle (名護屋城, Nagoya-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture.
Nagoya Castle was located within
It is said that during the brief time that Hideyoshi stayed at Nagoya Castle, he memorized the shite (lead role) parts for ten
A museum dedicated to the history of
History
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Nagoya Castle was located on a hill about 90 meters high on the Higashi-Matsuura Peninsula. During the early
The castle, built in 1591 by Hideyoshi in preparation for his invasion of Korea, had a five-story tower (Tenshu) on the hill, a magnificent residential palace, and various outlying defenses covering 170,000 square meters. Within a 3 km radius were the camps of about 120 vassals.[2] A town grew up around the military establishments, with a population of over 100,000 people at its height.
After the death of Hideyoshi 18 September 1598, the invasion of Korea came to a halt and the castle is believed to have been abandoned at this time. It is said that construction materials were utilized by Terazawa Hirotaka (1563–1633) to build Karatsu Castle.[3]
See also
Literature
- De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.
References
- ^ Ichikawa, Danjūrō XII. Danjūrō no kabuki annai (團十郎の歌舞伎案内, "Danjūrō's Guide to Kabuki"). Tokyo: PHP Shinsho, 2008. p140.
- ^ Gakushu Kenkyusha editors (2008). 【決定版】図説 よみがえる名城 漆黒の要塞 豊臣の城 [Definitive Edition: Famous Castles Come to Life through Illustrations: Hideyoshi's Castles: Lacquer-Black Strongholds] (in Japanese). Gakushu Kenkyusha.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Hirai, Kiyoshi general editor (1996). 『城』(九州沖縄 8) [Castles Volume 8: Kyushu and Okinawa] (in Japanese). Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
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External links
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