This is Yuga-jinja shrine in Nara city.
The gate was closed.
They open gate a few times in a year.
Castle is behind the shrine.
2007年12月28日金曜日
2007年12月26日水曜日
Takatsuki-jou, 2
This is Takayama Ukon.
He is a christian daimyo.
His father got Takatsuki-jou.
Ukon became a lord after his father.
He was transferred to Funage-jou in Akashi.
See 12.04 my blog.
There is Funage-jou.
Ukon died in Philippines after he was excilled to abroad.
2007年12月25日火曜日
2007年12月21日金曜日
Yamazaki-jou
Yamazaki-jou is on the top of Tennouzan.
Tennouzan is 270m above sea level.
Hideyoshi build Yamazaki-jou after he defeated Mitsuhide.
Hideyoshi abandoned this castle at 1584.
2007年12月16日日曜日
Koriyama-jou , 3
Tenshudai.
There is not a tenshukaku any more.
There is a 'Sakasa-Jizou' in the stone wall of tenshudai.
In war time, many daimyo build castles.
So stones were short.
They used Jizou-stone or gravestone for stone wall.
2007年12月15日土曜日
2007年12月14日金曜日
Yamato-koriyama-jou
Ootemon.
First, Tsutsui junkei built this castle at 1580.
After it Toyotomi Hidenaga came here.
2007年12月11日火曜日
Fukuyama-jou
I took this picture at 2003.10.25 when I went to YN-Hiroshima on business.
I stayed a hotel near here.
And this castle is near the Fukuyama station.
2007年12月10日月曜日
Sasayama-jou, 2
This is a tenshudai.
But there was not a tenshukaku.
Because Ieyasu prohibited to build a tenshukaku.
Maybe this castle become to strong when it has a tenshukaku.
2007年12月9日日曜日
Sasayama-jou
Sasayama-jou was built 1609 after Tokugawa Bakufu started.
This is 'shoin' whichi was rebuilt in 2000.
2007年12月7日金曜日
Sakamoto-jou , 2
This is Akechi Mitsuhide.
Maybe, he is a hero in this region.
Nobunaga attacked Hieizan.
Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga.
Or Mitsuhide was a good lord.
2007年12月6日木曜日
Sakamoto-jou
This is Lake Biwa.
Sakamoto-jou was near here in the water.
The castle existed from 1571 to 1586.
Akechi Mitsuhide built this castle.
2007年12月5日水曜日
Zeze-jou
Here was Zeze-jou.
Zeze-jou existed from 1601 to 1870.
Tokugawa-bakufu build this castle.
Zeze is a important place for trafic.
2007年12月4日火曜日
Funage-jou
Funage is in Japanese "fune age", or in English "to rais a ship".
Funage is a name of this area in Akashi city near seaside.
Once, Christian Daimyo Takayama Ukon owned this castle.
After Akashi-jou was built , Funage-jou was abolished in 1619.
2007年12月3日月曜日
Akashi-lighthouse
This was build at 1657.
This was used to 1963.
Over there, we can see Akashi-ohashi.
