Saga Castle
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| Saga Castle 佐賀城 | |
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Saga prefecture, Japan | |
 Shachi-no-mon, surviving gate of Saga Castle from 1835 | |
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  Saga Castle 佐賀城  Saga Castle 佐賀城 | |
| Coordinates | 33°14′45″N 130°18′08″E / 33.245744°N 130.302153°E |
| Type | hiraijirō-style Japanese castle |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | yes |
| Condition | Some original buildings still intact, others rebuilt in 2004 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1602-1611, reconstructed 1728, 1836, 2004 |
| Built by | Nabeshima clan |
| In use | Edo period |
| Battles/wars | Saga Rebellion (1874) |
Saga Castle (佐賀城, Saga-jō) is a
History
The location of Saga Castle was originally a fortified village under the control of the
A fire in 1726 destroyed most of the castle structures, including the donjon. The palace portion was restored two years later in the outer
After the Meiji Restoration, the castle remained the location for the local government offices. However, the castle was occupied in 1874 by former politician and samurai Etō Shinpei and his following of disgruntled samurai in the Saga Rebellion. The rebels were defeated by military force, during which most of the buildings in the castle were burned down.
Since 1874, the castle grounds have been used as the site for a court building and a
From 2001 to 2004 the main portion of the castle was restored. It is now houses the Saga Castle History Museum and is the largest wooden castle reconstruction in Japan. In 2006, Saga Castle was listed as one of the 100 Fine Castles of Japan by the Japan Castle Foundation.
Saga Castle is also the castle where Yamamoto Tsunetomo, the orator of Hagakure, worked.
See also
Literature
- De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.
- Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-8048-1102-4.
- Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.
- Mitchelhill, Jennifer (2004). Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty. Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 112 pages. ISBN 4-7700-2954-3.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2003). Japanese Castles 1540-1640. Osprey Publishing. p. 64 pages. ISBN 1-84176-429-9.
External links
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