Uwajima Castle : A Study of Japanese Bibliography

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"Kojō ezu (picture in Edo Period)" from 国立国会図書館

Collected by the Inagaki family, the Toba Daimyō from the mid-Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, as materials for military studies. There are about 350 illustrations, but there is no uniformity because only illustrations of castles, illustrations including castle towns, and old battlefield illustrations are mixed.

Another typical example of a castle picture in the Edo period is "The Shōhō Shiroezu", picture of the castle and castle town that the Edo Shogunate ordered the daimyō to create and submit,aggregating military information such as the buildings inside the castle, the height of the stone wall, the width of the moat and the water depth, etc., it also details the location and shape of the castle town and the mountain river.

Profile : Uwajima Castle Ruins


Location	Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture
Also known as	Marugushi Castle, Itajima Castle
Type of castle	Hilltop
Mountain's name	ー
Elevation	74ｍ
Condition	Reconstructed main keep
Designation	National Important Cultural Properties National Historic Sites
Year built	1236
Abolished	1871
Castle lord	Saionji Kintsune
Refurbishment lord	Tōdō Takatora

Portrait of Saionji Kintsune from **Wikipedia**

Portrait of Tōdō Takatora from **Wikipedia**

Family Crest of Tōdō Clan from **"Wikipedia"**

The family crest was originally created from the pattern that the emperor and the royal family put on the kimono, and the pattern was made into a fixed pattern, and the one attached to his own oxcart is said to be the beginning of the family crest. The warlords drew large crests on the flag-fingers, used to distinguish enemy views on the battlefield, and used by the generals to determine which warlords were active and how much.

Uwajima Castle admission

admission fee : 200yen (Adult) for free : under junior high school students
(March 1-October 31) : am9-pm5
(November 1-Febrary 28) : am9-pm4 closing period : open everyday reference official site (japanese)

Uwajima Castle Google Map

Uwajima Castle Images

Uwajima Castle, nearly perfect completion, built by masters of the castle "Tōdō Takatora". It was constructed as the Triple-third floor originally, combination of the inclusive and the connected type, with the Ninomaru surrounding the Honmaru and Nagatomaru in the Nawabari. That is not unusual.

However, the outer enclosure of the castle is an uneven pentagon shape, it is very unique to Uwajima Castle. In case enemies surround it, it was Intention to be mistaken for a square, securing a way to escape route from the other side while enclosing all sides.

When Takatora was sealed, Date Hidemune, the eldest son of Date Masamune, enters the castle. Great renovation by generation, the main keep built by Takatora was replaced with the current main keep, double third-floor.

Yakuimon Gate

There were seven gates up to the main keep, only one gate remains currently.

After peaceful era without war has arrived, the castle, equipped for a actual battle, also changed decoratively with more than real benefits, along with the changes of times.

Link-1 : Original Main Keep

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Link-2 : A castle designed by "Master of the castle" [block]16[/block]

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Link-3 : The castle of "knowledge warrior"

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