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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> 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.</ref>

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.</ref> Though the golden tearoom is often described as an example of the vulgarity and excess of his cultural taste; however, [[Morgan Pitelka]] suggests this is not dissimilar from [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu|Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's]] [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden Pavilion]], and the extensive use by samurai elites of [[gold foil]] in paintings, lacquerware, and the like.<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 59.</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 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.