NIPPON Kichi - 日本吉

2007/3/19

前橋城跡 Maebashi-jyou-ato Maebashi Castle Ruins

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The origin of Maebashi Castle was Mayabashi Castle built in 1534 by Nagano Katatada, a clansman of the Nagano clan, who was the castellan of Minowa Castle. A lot of battles to capture this castle were fought among vital warlords from the Warring States period through the Edo period. In 1551, when the Uesugi clan was defeated by the Hojo clan, Kozuke province (present-day Gunma Pref.) came under the control of the Hojo clan and so did Mayabashi Castle. Later in 1560, Uesugi Kenshin, who had watched his time to restore his power, attacked this castle and seized it. Since then the castle was resided by a lot of castellans including the Takeda clan in Kai province (present-day Yamanashi Pref.), Oda Nobunaga, the Hojo clan, the Hiraiwa clan, and the Sakai clan. In 1601, when Sakai Shigetada modified it into an early modern-styled castle, he changed its name to Maebashi Castle. Since then 9 generations of the Sakai clan resided in the castle for 150 years, but in 1749 the Sakai clan was feoffed the Himeji domain and, instead, the Matsudaira clan, who was feoffed the Maebashi domain with 170,000 koku, resided here till the Meiji Restoration.

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Oote-machi, Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture 371-0026
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Maebashi Castle Ruins




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