Maizuru Castle Park

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The ruins of Kōfu

The former castle Kōfu (Japanese甲 府城, Kofu - jo ) is a ruin (also Kōfu shiroato甲 府城 迹" castle ruins Kōfu " ) in Japanese Kōfu.

The ruins are about 400 years old. Today, they are as Maizurujo Kōen (舞 鹤城 公园" Maizuru Castle Park, Park Maizuru Castle " ) is a recreational area. Since 1998, restoration and restoration work started for tourism purposes, in consequence of the Science Museum Yamanashi was outsourced from the plant. Now, the castle is one of the best places to see the Shingen -kō Matsuri. It is open all year, apart from the areas under construction.

History

Initially Kōfu was one of the most important possessions of the Takeda family. After the defeat of Takeda Katsuyoris and the invasion of Oda Nobunaga in 1582, the province of Kai came under its control. At his death, Tokugawa Ieyasu took over the government. Finally, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi agreed the country, he commanded control of the hitherto highly decentralized Japan to build a fortress in the middle of each province. The construction began in the following year of the invasion in 1583 and was fully ended later by Toyotomi adoptive brother, Asano Nagamasa and his son. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the castle Kōfu fell into the hands of the Tokugawa, which they also belonged to the end of the Tokugawa shogunate about 300 years later.

In the early Edo Period Tokugawa Tsunatoyo was the successor of the fifth shogun and moved to Edo Castle. Thereupon Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu lord of the castle of Kōfu. Under his leadership, the castle has been extensively repaired and driven the development of the city. It was found, however, that Yanagisawa added and lord of the castle Kōriyama in the province of Yamato was. The following Kyoho period, the province of Kai, in which was the castle came under the control of a clan of Yanagisawa from Kofu. It was at this time the inner Honmaru Palace and the " Akagenenmon " were ( Mon means gate, gatehouse ) destroyed by a big fire.

In the late Meiji period, the castle was abandoned; the " renewal movement " ( "For the Tennō and a united Japan against foreign danger" ) all managers of the shogunate had chased away, and the castle was the official residence of just those. Towards 1877, important buildings of the castle were destroyed. After that, the castle was used as a test field of industry. In 1897 it was decided the towers and buildings of the areas " Yakatakuruwa " and " Shimizukuruwa " remove to make room for the Kofu Station. In 1904, the area was made ​​available to the honmaru to the public as Maizuru Castle Park, and 1930 government and Assembly buildings were umverlegt, again much has been removed from the Gakuyakuruwa area of the fortress. The western and southern moats were filled in, and the appearance of the plant already corresponded largely today.

Two of the towers were with historical technologies accurately reconstructed only by the use of wood and stone, and the museum contained therein shows images of the plant and some of the original artifacts.