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Shinjō Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Shinjō, northern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout most of the Edo period, Shinjō Castle was home to the Tozawa clan, ''daimyō'' of Shinjō Domain. The castle was also known as or . History Tozawa Masamori, the daimyō of Hitachi-Matsuoka Domain (40,000 koku) was transferred to Dewa Province in September 1622 following the suppression of the Mogami clan by the Tokugawa shogunate and gained an increase in revenues to 60,000 koku. His new territory extended over all of what is now Mogami District and a portion of Murayama District in what is now Yamagata Prefecture. Finding the ancient hill-top Sakenobe Castle to be too small and inconveniently located, he successfully petitioned the shogunate for permission to construct a new castle in the flatlands with a main bailey, secondary bailey to the south, all surrounded by a third bailey and wet moats. In 1636, the donjon was destroyed in a fire, and was never rebuilt. In 1868, during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinjō, Yamagata
file:Sinzyou castle monato.JPG, Ruins of Shinjō Castle is a Cities of Japan, city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 34,937, and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 223.08 km2. Geography Shinjō is located in a mountain basin in northeast Yamagata Prefecture, north of Yamagata City. The Mogami River runs through the southwestern portion of city and the Masugata River flows through the city center. To the east of the city center is the Kamuro Mountain Range. Neighboring municipalities *Akita Prefecture **Yuzawa, Akita, Yuzawa *Yamagata Prefecture **Funagata, Yamagata, Funagata **Kaneyama, Yamagata, Kaneyama **Mamurogawa, Yamagata, Mamurogawa **Mogami, Yamagata, Mogami **Okura, Yamagata, Okura **Sakegawa, Yamagata, Sakegawa **Tozawa, Yamagata, Tozawa Climate Shinjō has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars of the Sengoku period following the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate. Ieyasu became the ''shōgun,'' and the Tokugawa clan governed Japan from Edo Castle in the eastern city of Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo) along with the ''daimyō'' lords of the ''samurai'' class. The Tokugawa shogunate organized Japanese society under the strict Edo society, Tokugawa class system and banned most foreigners under the isolationist policies of ''Sakoku'' to promote political stability. The Tokugawa shoguns governed Japan in a feudal system, with each ''daimyō'' administering a ''Han system, han'' (feudal domain), although the country was still nominally organized as provinces of Japan, imperial provinces. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan experienced rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Town
A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns were common in Medieval Europe. Some examples include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles. In Western Europe, and England particularly, it is common for cities and towns that were not castle towns to instead have been organized around cathedrals. Towns organized around Japanese castles are called . Castles are typically built near towns to gain and equip supplies. See also * Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd * Jōkamachi * Urban castle References Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ... Types of towns Urban planning during medieval period Urban planning during early modern period {{fort-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnai Domain
was a Han (Japan), feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Tsuruoka Castle in what is now the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, and was thus also known as the . It was governed for the whole of its history by the Sakai clan, which resulted in an unusually stable and prosperous domain. During their rule over Shōnai, the Sakai clan was ranked as a family, and as such, had the privilege of Shōgun, shogunal audiences in the Great Hall (''Ohiroma'') of Edo Castle. In the Boshin War of 1868–69, the domain joined the ''Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei'', the alliance of northern domains supporting the Tokugawa shogunate, but then later defected to the imperial side. As with all other domains, it was Abolition of the han system, disbanded in 1871. History The Sakai rose to prominence with Sakai Tadatsugu, who was one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's Shitennō (Tokugawa clan), Shitennō, or four lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
