Maizuru Castle Park

Maizuru Castle Park is a park and historical site in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. It contains the ruins of Шаблон:Nihongo, also called Maizuru Castle, which is about 400 years old and has been designated as a Yamanashi Historical Site. Maizuru Castle Park is a place of rest and relaxation for the people of Yamanashi Prefecture.

History of Kōfu Castle

After the Takeda family succumbed, Kai Province became the fiefdom of Oda Nobunaga. When Oda died it came under the governance of Tokugawa Ieyasu. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the country, he ordered the castle's construction. It was begun in 1583 and later completed by Toyotomi's brother-in-law, Asano Nagamasa, and his son. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Kōfu Castle fell into the hands of the Tokugawa family to whom it belonged until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

In the early Edo period, Tokugawa Tsunatoyo became the heir of the fifth Shogun, and moved to Edo Castle. Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu then became the Lord of Kōfu Castle. Under his command the castle was fully repaired and the town was also developed. However, Yanagisawa was transferred and became the Lord of Yamato Kōriyama Castle. In the Kyōhō period which followed, Kai Province within which Kōfu Castle was situated came under the control of a retainer stationed in Kōfu. Also during this period, the honmaru of the palace and the Akagenenmon gate were destroyed by a large fire.

Later in the Meiji period the castle was abandoned; around 1877, major buildings of the castle were destroyed. Thereafter the castle area was used as an industrial testing facility. In 1897 it was decided the Yakatakuruwa and Shimizukuruwa Enclosures should be dismantled to make way for Kōfu Station. In 1904 the area around the honmaru was opened to the public as Maizuru Castle Park and in 1930 the Government Offices and Assembly Hall moved to the dismantled lot of the Gakuyakuruwa Enclosure. The western and southern moats were completely buried, and the appearance of the castle ruins became almost the same as they are seen today.

Two of the towers have been reconstructed using traditional techniques, and contain museum displays about the castle and some original artifacts.

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Massara Nati …
30 August 2013
【山梨県指定史跡】武田信玄の城と思われがちだけど違うよ…。武田氏滅亡後に豊臣秀吉の命により築城されたもので、関東の徳川家康に対抗するための重要な戦略拠点として築かれたといわれています。徳川体制になってからは西側への備えとしての重要性を保ち続けたといわれ、かつては20haほどの広大な城郭でした。 現在は、城跡の一部が「舞鶴城公園」「甲府市歴史公園」として開放されています。
Rue. SATOH
3 July 2022
元は甲斐源氏・一条忠頼の居館があり「一条小山」の名で呼ばれた場所。甲斐を手に入れた家康が平岩親吉に命じて築かせ、後に浅野長政が完成させた。外側の曲輪は潰され、残る曲輪にも改変が加わってはいるものの、環郭式の構造が良好に残る。鍛冶曲輪・天守曲輪・本丸と石垣が積み重なる様は壮観。破却された門や櫓も復元されており、お城としての見応えは充分。
ばくりんこ☆
28 December 2014
天守台からの南アルプス、特に甲斐駒の眺めが素晴らしい。柳澤家移封後、幕府直轄地になり甲府勤番は幕臣の事実上の左遷地になったものの、この景色を見れたらそれはそれでイイじゃん、と思うのは現代人の勝手な解釈ですかね。
ばくりんこ☆
28 December 2014
行く度にどんどん再建が進んでいます。ますますの復建を期待します。それにしても城内のど真ん中をJR中央本線が突っ切っているのが逆に凄くて、電車の車窓両側から城を拝めます。
taro taro
24 July 2013
ボランティアの方がいつもいて観光客と思われる人を捕まえては周辺の案内やこの土地の歴史を話してくれます。いつ行っても感じの良いところです。富士もいいですがアルプスの眺めも堪能して下さい。
富士さん
8 April 2017
記念碑に登る石の階段は、段差が少し大きいので注意が必要です。桜が咲くととてもきれいですよ!
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