https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&feed=atom&action=historySakura castle - Revision history2024-03-29T15:04:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.2https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&diff=24737&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 06:34, 12 August 20132013-08-12T06:34:24Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:34, 12 August 2013</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Sakura-entrance.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The road leading up from the main gate of the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]. These stone walls are probably modern constructions, however.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Sakura-entrance.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The road leading up from the main gate of the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]. These stone walls are probably modern constructions, however.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Sakura-construction.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Excavations (or perhaps just construction) at the former site of Sakura castle.]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: 1610s, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: 1610s, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Type: Hirayamajiro (flatland/mountain castle)''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Type: Hirayamajiro (flatland/mountain castle)''</div></td></tr>
</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&diff=24667&oldid=prevLordAmeth: /* References */2013-07-29T12:46:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">References</span></span></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:46, 29 July 2013</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l43" >Line 43:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 43:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Signs onsite.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Signs onsite.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==External Links==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rekihaku,+Sakura,+Chiba+Prefecture,+Japan&hl=en&sll=35.691417,140.237453&sspn=0.004679,0.010568&oq=rekihaku&t=h&hq=Rekihaku,&hnear=Sakura,+Chiba+Prefecture,+Japan&z=16 The site of Sakura castle on Google Maps]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Castles]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Castles]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Edo Period]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Edo Period]]</div></td></tr>
</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&diff=24638&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 00:20, 27 July 20132013-07-27T00:20:00Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:20, 27 July 2013</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Sakura-entrance.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The road leading up from the main gate of the [[National Museum of Japanese History]]. These stone walls are probably modern constructions, however.]]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Sakura-construction.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Excavations (or perhaps just construction) at the former site of Sakura castle.]]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: 1610s, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: 1610s, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Type: Hirayamajiro (flatland/mountain castle)''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Type: Hirayamajiro (flatland/mountain castle)''</div></td></tr>
</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&diff=24526&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 11:53, 21 July 20132013-07-21T11:53:24Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:53, 21 July 2013</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[1616]]</del>, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Built: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1610s</ins>, [[Doi Toshikatsu]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*''Type: Hirayamajiro (flatland/mountain castle)</ins>''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Demolished: [[1871]]''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Demolished: [[1871]]''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Status: Ruins and excavations''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Status: Ruins and excavations''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Japanese'': 佐倉城 ''(Sakura-jou)''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Japanese'': 佐倉城 ''(Sakura-jou)''</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sakura castle was the main castle of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Hotta clan]], </del>lords of [[Sakura han]] (in [[Shimousa province]]). <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Today</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very little remains of </del>the castle; the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">site has become </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">home </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">National Museum of Japanese History</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(Rekihaku)</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Sakura castle was the main castle of the lords of [[Sakura han]] (in [[Shimousa province]])<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; nine different clans held the castle over the course of the [[Edo period]], as the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] appointed different ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' (Elders) to hold this strategically located territory, well-placed to help defend [[Edo]] from attack</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">From [[1746]] onwards</ins>, the castle <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(and the domain) was held by the [[Hotta clan]], relocated to Sakura from [[Yamagata han]]</ins>; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">remainder of </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Edo period, they enjoyed a rank/income </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">110,000 ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">koku</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Members </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Chiba clan]] held </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">territory, and a fortress on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">site, during </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">late </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sengoku period]]. For example, [[Chiba Tanetomi</del>]] (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[1527]]-[[1579]]</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">held the fortress for a time, and [[Chiba Shigetane]] was castellan when the site was besieged during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s [[Siege of Odawara|Odawara Campaign]] in [[1590]]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Today, very little remains </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">castle; </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">site has become </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">home of </ins>the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">National Museum of Japanese History</ins>]] (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rekihaku</ins>).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Edo </del>period]] castle <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </del>built <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on the site </del>by [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Doi Toshikatsu</del>]], in [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1616</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. It sat on a highland which extended to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">east and west, surrounded in some parts by </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moat</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in other parts by dry moats and earthen embankments. The castle town below </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">divided into merchant districts and samurai districts, with </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">layout </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">both castle </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">town developing out of defensive plans put into place by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lord of Sakura in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1610</del>]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==History and Layout==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Members of the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chiba clan]] held the territory, and a fortress on the site, during the late [[Sengoku </ins>period]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This early version of the </ins>castle <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is said to have been first </ins>built by [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kashima Mikitane</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><!--鹿島幹胤--></ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a relative or retainer of the Chiba, resulting </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the castle being called Kashimayama castle at that time. [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chiba Tanetomi]] (</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[1527</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-[[1579]]) held </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fortress for </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">time</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Chiba Shigetane]] </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">castellan when </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">site was besieged during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s [[Siege </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Odawara|Odawara Campaign]] in [[1590]]; [[Chiba Kunitane]] considered moving his base of operations to Sakura, but ultimately did not, as [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] gained power </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">granted </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">castle to </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Doi Toshikatsu</ins>]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The castle was dismantled in [[1871]] along with the [[abolition of the han]], and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the site became the site of </del>the first [[Imperial Japanese Army]] training grounds in Japan. The military base was demolished following World War II, and in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1983</del>, the National Museum of Japanese History was established on the site. Some elements, including parts of the moat, dry moat and embankments, and some sections of foundation walls are still visible today, but no buildings (let alone a main keep) survive or have been reconstructed.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The [[Edo period]] castle was then built on the site by Doi Toshikatsu, in the 1610s. It sat on a highland which extended to the east and west, surrounded in some parts by a moat, and in other parts by dry moats and earthen embankments. The castle overlooks two rivers, the Kashima-gawa and Takasaki-gawa, the first of which flows into the Inbanuma (Inba marsh) nearby; the rivers serve as additional defensive measures beyond the manmade moats.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The castle town below was divided into merchant districts and samurai districts, with the layout of both castle and town developing out of defensive plans put into place by the lord of Sakura in [[1610]]. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sections of the castle were surrounded by a 260 meter long, 4-5 meter wide, dry moat known as the ''obi kuruwa''. This included sections of precipitous cliff drops, and areas where wood or stones could be dropped down upon an incoming enemy force. The design of this defensive perimeter was meant to steer enemy forces into a limited set of access points, including one known as the ''musha hashiri'' ("warriors' run"), where they could be more easily and directly encountered by Sakura's defenders.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The castle's Ôtemon (大手門), also known as the Otemon (追手門), on the west side of the compound, served as the main front gate of the ''sôkuruwa'', an area of samurai homes within the castle walls. A wide road (広小路) extended to the west from the gate, toward another major area of samurai homes, where in fact a number remain today, along with a few sections of road said to be essentially unchanged in appearance since the Edo period (with the exception of the asphalt roadbed itself).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Traveling towards the ''honmaru'' (central bailey) from the Ôtemon, one would first come upon the ''san-no-mon'' (third gate), within which lay the ''san-no-maru'' (third bailey), where the homes of the domain elders (''[[karo|karô]]'') were located. The gate itself was two stories high, three ''ma'' deep, and six ''ma'' wide, and was used to store various equipment.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Traveling deeper into the compound, one would next come across the ''ni-no-mon'', or ''ni-no-omon'' ("second gate"), which was used as a storage space for weapons. It was two stories high, three ''ma'' deep and eight ''ma'' wide. Beyond the ''ni-no-mon'' lay the ''ni-no-maru'' (second bailey), which housed various administrative buildings for the governance of the domain.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The final east-facing gate marking the entrance to the ''honmaru'' was called the ''ichi-no-mon'' or ''ichi-no-omon'' ("first gate"). It was two stories tall, eight ''ma'' wide, and four ''ma'' deep.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The ''honmaru'' contained a ''tenshu'' (main keep), ''goten'' (lord's residence), and three towers, known as the ''sumi yagura'' ("corner tower"), ''dô yagura'' ("bronze tower"), and ''daidokoro yagura''. The ''sumi yagura'' was also known as the ''sankai yagura'', on account of it being three stories (''sankai'') tall, while the ''daidokoro yagura'' (lit. "kitchen tower"), also known as the ''fumei yagura'' (unknown, or unclear, tower), may have been used to store or prepare food. The bronze tower was so named because of its bronze roof tiles. A two-story, square, six-tatami tower, it was a gift from the shogun to Doi Toshikatsu, who had it moved to Sakura from the gardens of [[Edo castle]]. The tower was originally three stories tall, and is said to have been built originally by [[Ota Dokan|Ôta Dôkan]]. The site is today bare and empty, with the exception of foundation stones of each of the structures, and the still very visible shaping of the earth to form a bailey.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Elsewhere in the compound, a gate known as the ''shiikimon'' ("beechwood gate") faced north, towards the ''umadashi'', a sort of entrance barrier typical in front of castle gates. The gate was three ''ma'' deep, and seven ''ma'' wide. Within this gate was the ''shiiki kuruwa'', an area of samurai residences, which also included a path known as ''sugizaka'' (cedar slope), and a Shinto shrine known as Akiba Shrine. The main buildings of the National Museum of Japanese History are located within this section of the site.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The castle compound also contained within it a [[Shingon]] Buddhist temple called Enshô-ji, and a Shinto shrine called Atago Shrine. The former was destroyed in the [[anti-Buddhist policies]] of the [[Meiji period]], while the latter was moved into town.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The rear gate of the castle faced the commoner neighborhood of Tamachi, running along the [[Narita kaido|Narita kaidô]] (highway). This gate was thus known as the Tamachi-mon, and the spot where it stood is quite close to the location of the modern-day main entrance gate for the National Museum of Japanese History compound, as cars drive in directly off of the Narita kaidô. A slope formerly led directly up from here to the Atago Shrine, and was thus called Atago-zaka (Atago slope).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The castle was dismantled in [[1871]] along with the [[abolition of the han]], and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in [[1873]], </ins>the first [[Imperial Japanese Army]] training grounds in Japan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was built on the site; stonework from the dismantled castle was re-purposed in the construction of barracks, a military hospital, and other structures</ins>. The military base was demolished following World War II, and in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1964</ins>, the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">site was declared a public park. The </ins>National Museum of Japanese History was established on the site <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 1983</ins>. Some elements, including parts of the moat, dry moat and embankments, and some sections of foundation walls are still visible today, but no buildings (let alone a main keep) survive or have been reconstructed.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{stub}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{stub}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''Buke yashiki'' (Old Samurai Houses) guide pamphlet, Sakura City Board of Education</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Signs onsite</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Castles]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Castles]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Edo Period]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Edo Period]]</div></td></tr>
</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Sakura_castle&diff=24525&oldid=prevLordAmeth: Created page with "*''Built: 1616, Doi Toshikatsu'' *''Demolished: 1871'' *''Status: Ruins and excavations'' *''Location: Shimousa province'' *''Japanese'': 佐倉城 ''(Sakura-..."2013-07-21T10:39:12Z<p>Created page with "*''Built: <a href="/wiki/1616" title="1616">1616</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_Toshikatsu" title="Doi Toshikatsu">Doi Toshikatsu</a>'' *''Demolished: <a href="/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a>'' *''Status: Ruins and excavations'' *''Location: <a href="/wiki/Shimousa_province" title="Shimousa province">Shimousa province</a>'' *''Japanese'': 佐倉城 ''(Sakura-..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>*''Built: [[1616]], [[Doi Toshikatsu]]''<br />
*''Demolished: [[1871]]''<br />
*''Status: Ruins and excavations''<br />
*''Location: [[Shimousa province]]'' <br />
*''Japanese'': 佐倉城 ''(Sakura-jou)''<br />
<br />
Sakura castle was the main castle of the [[Hotta clan]], lords of [[Sakura han]] (in [[Shimousa province]]). Today, very little remains of the castle; the site has become the home of the [[National Museum of Japanese History]] (Rekihaku).<br />
<br />
Members of the [[Chiba clan]] held the territory, and a fortress on the site, during the late [[Sengoku period]]. For example, [[Chiba Tanetomi]] ([[1527]]-[[1579]]) held the fortress for a time, and [[Chiba Shigetane]] was castellan when the site was besieged during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]'s [[Siege of Odawara|Odawara Campaign]] in [[1590]].<br />
<br />
The [[Edo period]] castle was built on the site by [[Doi Toshikatsu]], in [[1616]]. It sat on a highland which extended to the east and west, surrounded in some parts by a moat, and in other parts by dry moats and earthen embankments. The castle town below was divided into merchant districts and samurai districts, with the layout of both castle and town developing out of defensive plans put into place by the lord of Sakura in [[1610]].<br />
<br />
The castle was dismantled in [[1871]] along with the [[abolition of the han]], and the site became the site of the first [[Imperial Japanese Army]] training grounds in Japan. The military base was demolished following World War II, and in 1983, the National Museum of Japanese History was established on the site. Some elements, including parts of the moat, dry moat and embankments, and some sections of foundation walls are still visible today, but no buildings (let alone a main keep) survive or have been reconstructed.<br />
<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
*''Buke yashiki'' (Old Samurai Houses) guide pamphlet, Sakura City Board of Education.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Castles]]<br />
[[Category:Edo Period]]</div>LordAmeth