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Fushimi castle, also known as Momoyama or Fushimi-Momoyama castle, was built by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in Fushimi, in southeastern Kyoto, to serve as his retirement palace.

Fushimi castle, also known as Momoyama or Fushimi-Momoyama castle, was built by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in Fushimi, in southeastern Kyoto, to serve as his retirement palace.

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> This tearoom seems to have been movable, and was constructed no later than the early months of [[1586]], when a record shows it was set up at the Imperial Palace to be shown to the emperor and courtiers. It was then set up again shortly afterward at [[Osaka castle]], and may have been erected at the [[Jurakudai]] at times.<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 59.

 

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 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 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/>