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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 : Shiroishi Castle
| Location | Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Also known as | Masuoka Castle |
| Type of castle | Hilltop |
| Mountain's name | ー |
| Elevation | 76m |
| Condition | Reconstructed main keep |
| Designation | Shiroishi City Historic Sites |
| Year built | 1591 |
| Abolished | 1874 |
| Castle lord | Gamō Satonari |
| Refurbishment lord | Gamō Clan, Katakura Clan |
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.
Shiroishi Castle admission
admission fee : 400yen (Adult) 200yen (under high school students)
admission time : am9-pm5 (April 1- Octber 31) am9-pm4 (November 1-March 31)
closing period : December 28 - 31 reference official site
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Shiroishi Castle Images
After the "One Country and One Castle Ordinance", which was ordered by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1615 to destroy all but the residential castles, the Sendai Clan received a special case in which the Shiroishi Castle, a supporting castle, was allowed to survive. For the supporting castle, the castle lord paid attention to the shogunate and called it the "Ō-Yagura" (the big turret) instead of main keep. It was destroyed in the Meiji era, and was restored to wooden construction in the Heisei era.
It is a yaguramon gate style that is equivalent to the actual Honmaru Ōte-mon Gate, with one side on a stone wall.
It is interesting to compare the two areas of stone wall how to make ”Nozura-zumi" and the subsequent "Uchikomi-hagi".
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Link-2 : A Castle closely related to "Gamō Ujisato"
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