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[[File:Tofukuji-jo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A portion of the ruins of the castle]]
*''Established: [[1053]]''
*''Japanese'': 東福寺城 ''(toufukuji jou)''
Tôfukuji castle was a medieval fortress in [[Kagoshima]], the first to be built in [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], or [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]]. Taken in [[1341]] by [[Shimazu Sadahisa]], its former site now constitutes Kagoshima's Taga-yama Park.
The fortress was originally established in [[1053]] by [[Haseba Nagasumi]], a great-grandson of [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]]. The [[Haseba clan]] also established a branch of [[Kasuga Shrine]] at the docks nearby.
Shimazu Sadahisa led forces including members of the [[Nejime clan]], in support of the [[Northern Court]], against the castle, a stronghold of [[Southern Court]] supporters. The castle fell to Sadahisa's forces in 1341. Though the Shimazu had ruled over the area for some time, this represented their first entry into (the area which is today the city of) Kagoshima.
The castle was then attacked in [[1347]] by naval forces from [[Kii province]], [[Shikoku]], and the [[Chugoku region|Chûgoku region]], but Sadahisa managed to repel them. As fighting between supporters of the Northern and Southern Courts continued, Sadahisa named his son [[Shimazu Ujihisa]] castellan of Tôfukuji.
Ujihisa's son [[Shimazu Motohisa]] felt Tôfukuji castle was too small or cramped, and built a new fortress, [[Shimizu castle]], on the neighboring mountain, as well as a ''[[yakata]]'' (fortified mansion) at the base of the mountain, making this the new seat of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The Shimazu later relocated to [[Tsurumaru castle]] (aka Kagoshima castle), but Tôfukuji marked the beginning of Shimazu residence in Kagoshima; the city would remain the Shimazu seat for the next five hundred years.
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/family04.html Nyûgei]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
*Plaques on-site.
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[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Castles]]
*''Established: [[1053]]''
*''Japanese'': 東福寺城 ''(toufukuji jou)''
Tôfukuji castle was a medieval fortress in [[Kagoshima]], the first to be built in [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], or [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]]. Taken in [[1341]] by [[Shimazu Sadahisa]], its former site now constitutes Kagoshima's Taga-yama Park.
The fortress was originally established in [[1053]] by [[Haseba Nagasumi]], a great-grandson of [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]]. The [[Haseba clan]] also established a branch of [[Kasuga Shrine]] at the docks nearby.
Shimazu Sadahisa led forces including members of the [[Nejime clan]], in support of the [[Northern Court]], against the castle, a stronghold of [[Southern Court]] supporters. The castle fell to Sadahisa's forces in 1341. Though the Shimazu had ruled over the area for some time, this represented their first entry into (the area which is today the city of) Kagoshima.
The castle was then attacked in [[1347]] by naval forces from [[Kii province]], [[Shikoku]], and the [[Chugoku region|Chûgoku region]], but Sadahisa managed to repel them. As fighting between supporters of the Northern and Southern Courts continued, Sadahisa named his son [[Shimazu Ujihisa]] castellan of Tôfukuji.
Ujihisa's son [[Shimazu Motohisa]] felt Tôfukuji castle was too small or cramped, and built a new fortress, [[Shimizu castle]], on the neighboring mountain, as well as a ''[[yakata]]'' (fortified mansion) at the base of the mountain, making this the new seat of the [[Shimazu clan]]. The Shimazu later relocated to [[Tsurumaru castle]] (aka Kagoshima castle), but Tôfukuji marked the beginning of Shimazu residence in Kagoshima; the city would remain the Shimazu seat for the next five hundred years.
{{stub}}
==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/family04.html Nyûgei]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
*Plaques on-site.
<references/>
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Castles]]
