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Hideyoshi began construction on the first Fushimi castle in [[1592]], and famously incorporated a tearoom covered from floor to ceiling (and all the tea implements as well) in gold foil.<ref name=daijirin>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E5%9F%8E Fushimi-jô]." ''Daijirin'' 大辞林. Sanseidô Co., Ltd.</ref> 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 began construction on the first Fushimi castle in [[1592]], and famously incorporated a tearoom covered from floor to ceiling (and all the tea implements as well) in gold foil.<ref name=daijirin>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BC%8F%E8%A6%8B%E5%9F%8E Fushimi-jô]." ''Daijirin'' 大辞林. Sanseidô Co., Ltd.</ref> 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 almost immediately afterwards. 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.<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 [[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.