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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 : Tottori Castle Ruins
| Location | Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture |
| Also known as | Kyūshou Castle |
| Type of castle | Mountaintop ＆ Hilltop |
| Mountain's name | Mt.Kyūshou |
| Elevation | 263m |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Designation | National Historic Sites |
| Year built | 1532-1555 |
| Abolished | 1871 |
| Castle lord | Yamana Clan |
| Refurbishment lord | Ikeda Nagayoshi |
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.
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Hideyoshi captured Tottori Castle using siege tactics in 1581. In this fight , terrible situation has arisen in which people continue to fight while eating starved humans. Kikkawa Tsuneie, the lord of it, was killed by suicide on the condition that he would save the lives of the castle soldiers.
This stone wall is called ”maki stone wall” because it has no corners and was not made round from the beginning. The original stone wall was about to collapse, so it was put on from above for protection (from signboard)
Jinpūkaku is a Western-style French Renaissance style residence of the Ikeda clan located in Tottori Castle Ruins.
It has been designated as a national important cultural property, renowned for being one of the best Meiji-Western style buildings in the Chugoku region.
Link : A fierce battle in japanese history
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