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*''Japanese:''淀城''(Yodo-jou)''

*''Japanese:''淀城''(Yodo-jou)''

Yodo castle was the chief castle of [[Yodo han]]. It was located at a vital strategic point in what is today [[Fushimi]] Ward, [[Kyoto]] City, where the [[Uji River|Uji]], [[Kizu River|Kizu]], and [[Katsura River]]s merge to become the [[Yodo River]]. A different castle by the same name, located some 500 meters to the north, is associated with [[Yodo-gimi]] (second wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]).<ref>This other castle, known as "old Yodo castle" or ''ko-Yodo-jô'' 古淀城, was built by Hideyoshi when Yodo-gimi (Chacha) was pregnant with their son [[Toyotomi Tsurumatsu|Tsurumatsu]]. After Tsurumatsu died around the age of three, however, Hideyoshi had it torn down. Stone markers on the former site of that castle can be found today on the grounds of Kyoto Municipal Noso Elementary School 納所小学校 and the nearby temple [[Myoko-ji|Myôkô-ji]] 妙教寺. Kusaba Kayoko 草葉加代子, ''Kyôkaidô to Yodogawa shûun'' 京街道と淀川舟運. Osaka: Daikoro (2019), 48.</ref>

Yodo castle was the chief castle of [[Yodo han]]. It was located at a vital strategic point in what is today [[Fushimi]] Ward, [[Kyoto]] City, where the [[Uji River|Uji]], [[Kizu River|Kizu]], and [[Katsura River]]s merge to become the [[Yodo River]]. The associated [[castle-town]] of [[Yodo-juku]] was considered the 55th station of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] from [[Edo]], along the extension of the highway linking Kyoto and [[Osaka]].

 

A different castle by the same name, located some 500 meters to the north, is associated with [[Yodo-gimi]] (second wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]).<ref>This other castle, known as "old Yodo castle" or ''ko-Yodo-jô'' 古淀城, was built by Hideyoshi when Yodo-gimi (Chacha) was pregnant with their son [[Toyotomi Tsurumatsu|Tsurumatsu]]. After Tsurumatsu died around the age of three, however, Hideyoshi had it torn down. Stone markers on the former site of that castle can be found today on the grounds of Kyoto Municipal Noso Elementary School 納所小学校 and the nearby temple [[Myoko-ji|Myôkô-ji]] 妙教寺. Kusaba Kayoko 草葉加代子, ''Kyôkaidô to Yodogawa shûun'' 京街道と淀川舟運. Osaka: Daikoro (2019), 48.</ref>

Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] ordered [[Matsudaira Sadatsuna]] to build a castle on the site in [[1619]] so as to maintain control over this vital location while the nearby [[Fushimi castle]] was demolished. Construction began in [[1623]] and was completed in [[1625]] using materials from the dismantled Fushimi castle. The ''[[tenshu]]'' from [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] was also relocated to Yodo at this time.<ref>Kusaba, 48.</ref> The following year, when Hidetada and his son [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] traveled to Kyoto, they stayed overnight at Yodo castle.

Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] ordered [[Matsudaira Sadatsuna]] to build a castle on the site in [[1619]] so as to maintain control over this vital location while the nearby [[Fushimi castle]] was demolished. Construction began in [[1623]] and was completed in [[1625]] using materials from the dismantled Fushimi castle. The ''[[tenshu]]'' from [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] was also relocated to Yodo at this time.<ref>Kusaba, 48.</ref> The following year, when Hidetada and his son [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] traveled to Kyoto, they stayed overnight at Yodo castle.