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[[Image:Odawara-jo.JPG|right|thumb|Odawara castle]]

[[Image:Odawara-jo.JPG|right|thumb|Odawara castle]]

The base of Odawara castle was a mansion of [[Kobawakawa clan]] in [[Kamakura period]].

The base of Odawara castle was a mansion of the [[Kobayakawa clan]] in the [[Kamakura period]]. The Kobayakawa were replaced by [[Omori Yoriharu]] in the [[Muromachi period]]. Odawara castle was built by the [[Omori clan|Omori clan]] during this time. In [[1495]], the castle was then taken by [[Hojo Soun|Ise Shinkurô]] (Hôjô Sôun), and the castle was then expanded over five generations of the Hôjô clan. The castle blocked invasions by [[Uesugi Kenshin]] ([[1561]]) and [[Takeda Shingen]] ([[1569]]).

The Kobayakawa was replaced by [[Omori Yoriharu]] in [[Muromachi period]].

Odawara castle was built on a mountain during the rule of [[Omori clan|Omori clan]].

[[1495]], [[Hojo Soun|Ise Shinkuro]] took over Odawara and the castle was expanded by the 5 generations of [[Hojo clan|Hojo clan]].  

The castle blocked invasions by [[Uesugi Kenshin]]([[1561]]) and [[Takeda Shingen]]([[1569]]).

In [[1590]], [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] mobilized 150000 troops to Odawara ([[Siege of Odawara]]).

In 1590, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] mobilized 150,000 troops to Odawara, and besieged the castle for 100 days until [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] finally surrendered.

The siege took 100 days until finally [[Hojo Ujinao|Hojo Ujinao]] surrendered.

The [[Tenshu]] was collapsed by earthquakes several times in [[Edo period]] but reconstructed everytime.

[[Inaba Masakatsu]], son of [[Kasuga no Tsubone]], became lord of Odawara in [[1632]], and had the castle renovated, to become more fully an [[Edo period]]-style castle. The [[Okubo clan|Ôkubo clan]] became lords of Odawara shortly afterwards, serving the shogunate in administering Odawara as part of outer defenses for the greater [[Edo]] area.<ref name=juku>Plaques at Odawara-juku rest station.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8396933861/sizes/l]</ref> The ''Honmaru'' palace was maintained only for the shogun's use, should he come to stay at the castle for a time, while the castellan's residence and administrative offices were maintained in the ''Ni-no-maru'' palace. Both were surrounded by linked water-filled moats. The ''Ni-no-maru'' palace was particularly lavishly appointed in the 1620s-40s, as it was prepared for the [[1634]] stay of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], as he passed through Odawara on his way to Kyoto. The castle suffered considerable damage in a [[1703]] earthquake, and though the ''Ni-no-maru'' palace was reconstructed, it never reached the same heights again. The ''[[tenshu]]'' collapsed in earthquakes several times in the Edo period, but was reconstructed each time.

However Tenshu and most buildings were demolished by the government in [[Meiji period]]([[Haijo-rei|Haijo-rei]]) and  

public facilities were built.(Even zoo and amusement park were built in 1950.)

[[Image:Umadashimon.JPG|right|thumb|Reconstructing Umadashimon gate(2008 May)]]

In 1960, reconstruction of Tenshu was completed.

The reconstruction project is still going.

Most of the castle's structures, including the ''tenshu'', were demolished by the government in the [[Meiji period]], and public facilities were built. A zoo and amusement park were built in 1950, and reconstruction of the ''tenshu'' was completed in 1960. The Tokiwagimon was rebuilt in 1971; other reconstruction efforts are ongoing.

*[http://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/kanko/Leisure/Castle/jyousikouen.html Odawara city]

*[http://haku1.hp.infoseek.co.jp/sagami/odawara.html Photos]

==References==

==References==

*[[Nihon no Meijo]]

*[[Nihon no Meijo]]

[[Category:Castles]]

[[Category:Castles]]

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