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Hideyoshi expanded the castle in [[1594]] in order to formally receive envoys from [[Ming Dynasty]] China. It is said that he mobilized 250,000 men to serve as workers for the expansion, and dismantled the nearby [[Yodo castle]] to use its stone in the construction of Fushimi castle's walls. In [[1596]], he received a vice-envoy from Ming, but just before the chief envoy arrived, there was a great earthquake, and the castle was destroyed. Hideyoshi then rebuilt the castle roughly 500 meters to the north of the original site.

Hideyoshi expanded the castle in [[1594]] in order to formally receive envoys from [[Ming Dynasty]] China. It is said that he mobilized 250,000 men to serve as workers for the expansion, and dismantled the nearby [[Yodo castle]] to use its stone in the construction of Fushimi castle's walls. In [[1596]], he received a vice-envoy from Ming, but just before the chief envoy arrived, there was a great earthquake, and the castle was destroyed. Hideyoshi then rebuilt the castle roughly 500 meters to the north of the original site.

The castle fell to the forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] prior to the [[battle of Sekigahara]], but was rebuilt by the Tokugawa in [[1604]]; Ieyasu then lived there until [[1607]], when he retired to [[Sunpu]].<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 291n101.</ref> For a brief time, the castle fell under the control of [[Yodo han]], but then in [[1623]], [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] had it demolished.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E5%9F%8E Fushimi-jô]." ''Asahi shinbun kisai Keyword'' 朝日新聞記載キーワード. Asahi Shinbun-sha.</ref> Many architectural elements of the castle survive today, having been incorporated into shrines, temples, and other sites, including [[Daitoku-ji]] and [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]].<ref name=daijirin/>

The castle fell to the forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] prior to the [[battle of Sekigahara]], but was rebuilt by the Tokugawa in [[1604]]; Ieyasu then lived there until [[1607]], when he retired to [[Sunpu]].<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 291n101.</ref> For a brief time, the castle fell under the control of [[Yodo han]], but then in [[1623]], [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] had it demolished, using materials from the dismantled castle to build a new [[Yodo castle|castle at Yodo]] for the lord of that domain.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E5%9F%8E Fushimi-jô]." ''Asahi shinbun kisai Keyword'' 朝日新聞記載キーワード. Asahi Shinbun-sha.; Kusaba Kayoko 草葉加代子, ''Kyôkaidô to Yodogawa shûun'' 京街道と淀川舟運. Osaka: Daikoro (2019), 48.</ref> Many architectural elements of the castle survive today, having been incorporated into shrines, temples, and other sites, including [[Daitoku-ji]] and [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]].<ref name=daijirin/>

The [[Meiji Emperor]] was buried on the original site of Fushimi castle, but the castle was rebuilt a short distance away in 1964. It served as the centerpiece of an amusement park for nearly 40 years; the amusement park was shuttered in 2003, and the site reopened as a public park in 2007. Though the interior of the castle was open to visitors for a time, it is now closed to the public.

The [[Meiji Emperor]] was buried on the original site of Fushimi castle, but the castle was rebuilt a short distance away in 1964. It served as the centerpiece of an amusement park for nearly 40 years; the amusement park was shuttered in 2003, and the site reopened as a public park in 2007. Though the interior of the castle was open to visitors for a time, it is now closed to the public.