Japanese Warring States Daimyo Motonari Castle - Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle is a castle located in Motocho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Carp Castle. It is one of Japan's 100 famous castles and is now listed as a national historic site in Japan. Since all the original buildings in Hiroshima City were destroyed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, the entire Hiroshima City was rebuilt after World War II.
Because Hiroshima Castle is also called "Carp City", there are now many areas or institutions named "Carp City" in Hiroshima City, including Carp City Street, Carp City Hall, Hiroshima Carp City Junior High School and High School, Hiroshima Prefecture Carp City High school, Hiroshima Carp Taxi Group; the name of the Japan Professional Baseball Central League team Hiroshima Toyo Carp is also derived from this.
Hiroshima Castle was built by Terumoto Mori in 1589. During the Warring States Period, the Mori clan originally set up its main stronghold in Yoshida Koriyama Castle, which was conducive to defense. However, because it was located inland and in a mountainous area, it was not conducive to the development of business. Therefore, it is said that Morimoto was in In the middle of the 16th century, there was an intention to build a new city on the Hiroshima Plain, and the waterways of the Seto Inland Sea were used to develop commerce. It was not until 1588, after Terumoto Mori surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and went to Kyoto, that he decided to build a new city in Ota based on the form of Osaka Castle and Juleti. A new city was built at the mouth of the river. During the construction process, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's confidant Kuroda Takataka also participated in the design and planning, and the city was finally completed in 1599.
However, after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, after the defeat of Mori Terumoto, who opposed Tokugawa Ieyasu in the battle, the territory was reduced to the remaining two countries of Nagato and Shubo, and Hiroshima was renamed to the Shichigake Seven Guns. Masanori Fukushima and Hiroshima Castle subsequently became the residence of Masanori Fukushima. Therefore, the subsequent expansion of Hiroshima Castle and the planning of surrounding castle towns were completed by Masanori Fukushima. [3]
However, in 1619, Fukushima Masanori violated the samurai laws promulgated by the Tokugawa shogunate and rebuilt without authorization when repairing the area of Hiroshima Castle damaged by floods, and was transferred to Takai County in Shinano Province, and Hiroshima was changed to be governed by Asano Nagamaki. , from then until the end of the Edo shogunate in the 19th century, the lords of this city were all Asano clan.
After the Meiji Restoration, Hiroshima Castle was not demolished. The city was successively used by the Hiroshima Prefectural Government and the Hiroshima Town. After 1873, the entire Hiroshima Castle was officially used by the Imperial Japanese Army. In addition to becoming a military barracks, during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was The Hiroshima base camp was set up here, and Emperor Meiji also lived in Hiroshima City for more than half a year, and held the Imperial Parliament here, once replacing Tokyo as the temporary capital of Japan.
As for Ni-no-Maru, only some of the foundation stones remain.
Ninomaru visited several trees near the Nakamikado ruins that had survived the atomic bombing and were still alive with tenacious vitality.
The Hiroshima Main Palace Ruins (ひろしまだいほんえいあと) was built by the Hiroshima Town Headquarters (ちんだいしれいぶ) in 1877 (Meiji 10). It was the emperor's command post during the Japanese-Qing War from 27 to 28 Meiji. , rear It is the upper section of Hiroshima Castle Honmaru (ほんまるじょうだん), and all the foundation stones are left.
The castle tower (てんしゅかく) was rebuilt with cement in 1958. The outer walls were covered with wooden boards and painted black or white. The inside mainly displays the development of Hiroshima and the culture of the samurai family.
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