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*''Built: c. [[1600]]-[[1619]]''

*''Built: c. [[1600]]-[[1619]]''

*''Location: [[Tomonoura]], [[Hiroshima han]], [[Aki province]]''

*''Location: [[Tomonoura]], [[Hiroshima han]], [[Aki province]]''

*''Japanese'': 鞆城 ''(Tomo-jô)''

*''Japanese'': 鞆城 ''(Tomo-jô)''

Tomo castle was the center of authority for a sub-fief within [[Fukuyama han]], located in the port town of [[Tomonoura]].

Tomo castle was the center of authority for a sub-fief within [[Fukuyama han]], located in the port town of [[Tomonoura]].

The castle was erected by the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]],<ref>Plaques on site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/36892072081/sizes/l]</ref> and repaired in the 1600s-1610s under [[Fukushima Masanori]], who granted it and an associated 8,131 ''[[koku]]'' fief to his retainer [[Ozaki Genba|Ôzaki Genba]], who then ruled that territory with some 342 retainers of his own under him. The castle originally boasted a three-story tower keep (''tenshu''), a sizable main gate (''Ôtemon''), and ''yagura''. The keep was torn down in [[1619]] in accordance with the "one castle per domain" policy imposed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but the gate and ''yagura'' mansion (''yashiki'') survived the first century of the [[Edo period]], up until they were lost in a fire on [[1711]]/1/13.

The castle was erected by the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]], and repaired in the 1600s-1610s under [[Fukushima Masanori]], who granted it and an associated 8,131 ''[[koku]]'' fief to his retainer [[Ozaki Genba|Ôzaki Genba]], who then ruled that territory with some 342 retainers of his own under him. A [[1607]] account written by [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean envoys]] records that the castle was in the process of reconstruction. The castle originally boasted three baileys (''honmaru'', ''ni-no-maru'', and ''san-no-maru''), containing a three-story tower keep (''tenshu''), a sizable main gate (''Ôtemon''), and ''yagura''. The keep was torn down in [[1619]] in accordance with the "one castle per domain" policy imposed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], but the gate and ''yagura'' mansion (''yashiki'') survived the first century of the [[Edo period]], up until they were lost in a fire on [[1711]]/1/13.

After Fukushima Masanori was replaced by [[Mizuno Katsunari]] as lord of Fukuyama in 1619, Katsunari named his son [[Mizuno Katsutoshi]] to be lord of Tomo. Katsutoshi was to be the last "lord" or castellan of Tomo, being replaced by Hagino Shin'emon, who became the first of a long line of ''[[Tomo bugyo|Tomo bugyô]]'' (Tomo Magistrates), who occupied the mansion (''yashiki'', formerly known as the "castle," or ''oshiro'') and oversaw the administration of the port-town from that time forward.

After Fukushima Masanori was replaced by [[Mizuno Katsunari]] as lord of Fukuyama in 1619, Katsunari named his son [[Mizuno Katsutoshi]] to be lord of Tomo, and had a mansion built for him in the ''san-no-maru'' (third bailey). Katsutoshi was to be the last "lord" or castellan of Tomo, being replaced by Hagino Shin'emon, who became the first of a long line of ''[[Tomo bugyo|Tomo bugyô]]'' (Tomo Magistrates), who occupied the mansion (''yashiki'', formerly known as the "castle," or ''oshiro'') and oversaw the administration of the port-town from that time forward.

The ''bugyô's'' mansion sat up against a hill or mountain to the south, and was fronted by moats to the north and east. A castle gate with an ''irimoya''-style roof stood atop stone foundations, and there was a residence for ''[[ashigaru]]'' on the site as well. All of this was destroyed, however, in a fire on 1711/1/13. The mansion was over nine ''tan'' in size (75 by 36 1/2 bays).

The ''bugyô's'' mansion sat up against a hill or mountain to the south, and was fronted by moats to the north and east. A castle gate with an ''irimoya''-style roof stood atop stone foundations, and there was a residence for ''[[ashigaru]]'' on the site as well. All of this was destroyed, however, in a fire on 1711/1/13. The mansion was over nine ''tan'' in size (75 by 36 1/2 bays).

==References==

==References==

*Aono Shunsui 青野春水, "Edo jidai Tomo-chô no seiritsu to kôzô" 江戸時代鞆町の成立と構造, ''Tomo no tsu Nakamura-ke monjo mokuroku IV'' 鞆の津中村家文書目録 IV (2009), 252-253.

*Aono Shunsui 青野春水, "Edo jidai Tomo-chô no seiritsu to kôzô" 江戸時代鞆町の成立と構造, ''Tomo no tsu Nakamura-ke monjo mokuroku IV'' 鞆の津中村家文書目録 IV (2009), 252-253.

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