Akashi Castle

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Akashi Castle

is a Japanese castle

Japanese castle

were fortresses composed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their most well-known form in the 16th century....
in Akashi

Akashi, Hyogo

is a cities of Japan located in southern Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on the Inland Sea west of Kobe.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 292,659 and the population density of 5,929.89 persons per km?....
, Hyogo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

This castle was constructed by Ogasawara Tadazane

Ogasawara Tadazane

Japanese daimyo of the early Edo Period, the son of Ogasawara Hidemasa .Following the deaths of his father and elder brother in the Osaka Summer Campaign, his holdings were transferred from Akashi Domain in Harima Province to the Kokura domain Buzen Province....
as his own castle from 1617 to 1619 to watch over the western lords, by the order of Tokugawa Hidetada

Tokugawa Hidetada

was the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa bakufu....
, on Mount Akamatsu. The castle was built in one year, which was a relatively short amount of time. This was done so quickly because a law had been issued in 1615, declaring that there would only be one castle per clan. As a result, many castles had to be dismantled and parts of some were used to construct Akashi Castle.

Akashi castle located in Akashi, which is a very important strategic place between Osaka and western Japan, where many major tozama daimyo

Tozama

A was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period....
had their feudal estates.

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is a Japanese castle

Japanese castle

were fortresses composed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their most well-known form in the 16th century....
in Akashi

Akashi, Hyogo

Hyogo Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo....
, Japan

Japan

Ogasawara Tadazane

Tokugawa Hidetada

Tozama

A was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period....
had their feudal estates. Akashi Castle was expected to play the role of a keystone to stop their invasions to Osaka.

Akashi castle underwent major repairs in 1739, and was abolished by the Meiji Government in 1874.

Cultural Property

In Akashi Castle, there are two important cultural properties selected by Japanese government:

Hitsujisaru Yagura
Yagura

Yagura is the Japanese word for "tower" or "turret." The word is most often seen in reference to structures within Japanese castle compounds, but can be used in a variety of other situations as well....
Tatsumi Yagura

These two yagura, or towers, are the castle's only remaining buildings.

Access

Sanyo Akashi Station
Sanyo Akashi Station

is a train station operated by Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in Akashi, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in the south of Akashi Station operated by JR West....
of Sanyo Electric Railway
Sanyo Electric Railway

Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is a Japanese private railway in western Hyogo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka....
Akashi Station
Akashi Station

is a train station on the Sanyo Main Line serving the city of Akashi, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on the north side of Sanyo Akashi Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Sanyo Railway Main Line....
of JR Kobe Line
JR Kobe Line

The is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture....