Uwajima Castle

Uwajima Castle 宇和島城
Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
The original wooden tenshu (keep) of Uwajima Castle
Type	Hirayamajiro (hilltop castle)
Height	Three stories
Site information
Condition	The tenshu and some ruins remain.
Site history
Built	1585-1586
Built by	Toyotomi Hidenaga
In use	1596 to Meiji Restoration
Materials	Earth, stone, and wood
Demolished	Most of the castle during the Meiji Restoration, though the tenshu survived.

Uwajima Castle (宇和島城, Uwajima-jō) is a hirayama-jiro (Japanese castle on a hill on a plain) in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. This castle is well known as one of the twelve Japanese castles to still have an original donjon built in the Edo Period.

History

This castle was constructed by Tōdō Takatora, a Daimyō, in 1596 after being given a small fiefdom by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1595.^[1] This castle experienced major repairs and expansion by Date Munetoshi in 1671. It suffered some damage during World War II from American bombing, the Ōte Gate being burnt to the ground.^[2]

Cultural Property

Uwajima castle has an Important Cultural Property selected by Japanese government:

Tenshukaku (Donjon Tower)

Access

Uwajima Station of Yosan Line

References

↑ http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/10-Uwajima-Castle
↑ Uwajima Castle Japanese Castle Explorer Retrieved April 12, 2016

Literature

Mitchelhill, Jennifer (2013). Castles of the Samurai:Power & Beauty. USA: Kodansha. ISBN 978-1568365121.
Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. ISBN 0-8048-1102-4.
Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. pp. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.

Coordinates: 33°13′10.12″N 132°33′54.85″E / 33.2194778°N 132.5652361°E / 33.2194778; 132.5652361

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Kantō	Mito Banna-ji Minowa Kanayama Hachigata Kawagoe Sakura Edo Hachiōji Odawara Tsutsujigasaki Kōfu Matsushiro Ueda Komoro Matsumoto Takatō Shibata Kasugayama

Chūbu	Takaoka Nanao Kanazawa Maruoka Ichijōdani Iwamura Gifu Yamanaka Sunpu Kakegawa Inuyama Nagoya Okazaki Nagashino Iga Ueno Matsuzaka

Kansai	Odani Hikone Azuchi Kannonji Nijō Osaka Chihaya Takeda Sasayama Akashi Himeji Akō Takatori Wakayama

Chūgoku	Tottori Matsue Gassantoda Tsuwano Tsuyama Bitchū Matsuyama Ki Okayama Fukuyama Yoshida-Kōriyama Hiroshima Iwakuni Hagi

Shikoku	Tokushima Takamatsu Marugame Imabari Matsuyama Yuzuki Ōzu Uwajima Kōchi

Kyūshū^a	Fukuoka Ōno Nagoya Yoshinogari site Saga Hirado Shimabara Kumamoto Hitoyoshi Funai Oka Obi Kagoshima Nakijin Nakagusuku Shuri

^a including Okinawa.

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