Difference between revisions of "Odawara castle"
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[[Image:Odawara-jo.JPG|right|thumb|Odawara castle]] | [[Image:Odawara-jo.JPG|right|thumb|Odawara castle]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Umadashimon.JPG|right|thumb|Reconstructing Umadashimon gate(2008 May)]] | ||
| + | *''Japanese:'' 小田原城 ''(Odawara-jou)'' | ||
| + | *''Type: Flatland-Mountain'' | ||
| + | *''Founder: [[Omori Yoriharu]]'' | ||
| + | *''Year: 15c'' | ||
| + | *''Demolished: [[1871]]'' | ||
| + | *''Reconstructed: 1960,1971,1997 (''tenshu'', gates)'' | ||
| + | *''Location: [[Sagami province]]'' | ||
| − | + | Odawara was among the most major castles in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] during the [[Sengoku period]], base of the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]] until its famous fall in the [[1590]] [[siege of Odawara]]. | |
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| − | In [[ | + | 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]]). |
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| − | + | In 1590, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] mobilized 150,000 troops to Odawara, and besieged the castle for 100 days until [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] finally surrendered. | |
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| − | + | [[Inaba Masaharu]], 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 ''[[tenshu]]'' collapsed in earthquakes several times in the Edo period, but was reconstructed each time. | |
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| + | 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; other reconstruction efforts are ongoing. | ||
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Revision as of 08:47, 28 May 2015
- Japanese: 小田原城 (Odawara-jou)
- Type: Flatland-Mountain
- Founder: Omori Yoriharu
- Year: 15c
- Demolished: 1871
- Reconstructed: 1960,1971,1997 (tenshu, gates)
- Location: Sagami province
Odawara was among the most major castles in the Kantô during the Sengoku period, base of the Hôjô clan until its famous fall in the 1590 siege of Odawara.
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 during this time. In 1495, the castle was then taken by 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).
In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi mobilized 150,000 troops to Odawara, and besieged the castle for 100 days until Hôjô Ujinao finally surrendered.
Inaba Masaharu, 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 tenshu collapsed in earthquakes several times in the Edo period, but was reconstructed each time.
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; other reconstruction efforts are ongoing.
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References
- Nihon no Meijo
- Odawara castle official panphlet
