Tsuwano Castle

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Tsuwano Castle
津和野城
Tsuwano, Shimane, Japan
Tsuwano Castle
Tsuwano Castle is located in Shimane Prefecture
Tsuwano Castle
Tsuwano Castle
Tsuwano Castle is located in Japan
Tsuwano Castle
Tsuwano Castle
Coordinates34°27′37″N 131°45′51″E / 34.46028°N 131.76417°E / 34.46028; 131.76417
TypeRenkakushiki yamajiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public		yes
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built1295
Built byYoshimi clan
In useKamakura-Edo period
Demolished1871
Map

Tsuwano Castle (津和野城, Tsuwano-jō) was a

daimyō
residence were located at the base of the mountain to avoid the steep mountain paths.

History

Tsuwano Castle is located on the 200-meter Mount Shiroyama overlooking the Tsuwano

Battle of Itsukushima in 1552. The Yoshimi clan quickly swore fealty to the Mōri clan. However, after the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, the Mori clan were deprived of two-thirds of their territory by the Tokugawa shogunate, including Iwami Province. As retainers of the Mōri, this meant that the Yoshimi clan also lost their estates in Tsuwano and was forced to relocate to Hagi.[3]

Sakazaki Naomori, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals, was given a 30,000 koku (later increased to 43,468 koku) fief centered at Tsuwano. Sakazaki laid the foundations of Tsuwano Domain by building a castle town, conducting land surveys, and making major renovations to the castle, including building 15-meter high stone walls to enhance its defenses. The original Tsuwano Castle was a typical Muromachi-period fortified mountain, with enclosures spread out across a two-kilometer ridge extending north and south. Sakazaki reduced this to a 300-meter area surrounding the central peak, with an extension added where the mountain projected to a smaller peak to the west, forming a letter "T". In the central enclosure, he build a tenshu which was probably three-stories on a 20-meter square foundation and added numerous yagura turrets and compound gates.

In 1616, Sakazaki was either killed or committed

Meiji restoration
. In 1686, the tenshu was lost due to a fire caused by lightning and was never rebuilt.

Following the Meiji restoration, the last

Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.[6]
The site of the daimyō residence is now the Shimane Prefectural Tsuwano High School.

From

JR West Yamaguchi Line
, it is a 20-minute walk to a chairlift station to the castle ruins.

See also

Gallery

  • Foundations for Tenshu
    Foundations for Tenshu
  • Site of South Gate
    Site of South Gate
  • South Gate Yagura stone walls
    South Gate Yagura stone walls
  • West Gate Yagura stone walls
    West Gate Yagura stone walls
  • San-no-maru Enclosure
    San-no-maru Enclosure
  • Site of East Gate
    Site of East Gate
  • Dry Moat
    Dry Moat
  • Monomi Yagura
    Monomi Yagura

References

  1. ^ "津和野城跡". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ "日本の城がわかる事典「津和野城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Tsuwano Castle" jcastle http://www.jcastle.info/photos/view/4002-Tsuwano-Castle
  4. ^ "Tsuwano Castle" jcastle http://www.jcastle.info/photos/view/4002-Tsuwano-Castle
  5. ^ "Tsuwano-Castle" jcastle http://www.jcastle.info/photos/view/4002-Tsuwano-Castle
  6. ^ Japan Castle Foundation

Literature

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