Original Post 2024/3/19
[Episode 15]Remembering Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Last timeIn the previous article, I wrote about the Japanese invasion of Korea and the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so this time I would like to introduce two castles that are related to these events.
Nagoya Castle (Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture)
The first is Nagoya Castle, a huge castle built as a base for dispatching troops to Korea.
Only the stone walls remain today, and when you look at them, you get the sense that they demonstrate the immense power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Main citadel ruins
The stone walls alone are impressive, but when you look at the diorama you can see that there are further buildings and a castle tower on top of the walls, and it makes you wonder if this is the power of the person who unified the country.
Osaka Castle
The second is the famous Osaka Castle.
Osaka Castle was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's base of operations.
After Toyotomi Hideyoshi died and the Toyotomi clan was destroyed a while later, Osaka Castle came into the possession of the Tokugawa clan. Then, Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Shogun of the Edo Shogunate, filled in the Osaka Castle from the Toyotomi era and built the Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa era on top of it. Therefore, the current stone walls are from the Tokugawa era.
After the Tokugawa era castle tower burned down, a third castle tower was finally built in the Showa era. This castle tower survived the war and is now beloved as a symbol of Osaka.
This article was written by…
Takechiyo
At the time of writing this article, he was in the sixth grade of elementary school. When he was in the lower grades of elementary school, he read the historical manga "Tokugawa Iemitsu" and became particularly interested in the Sengoku period.
Among the many fascinating Sengoku warlords, the first one I read about was Tokugawa Iemitsu's grandfather, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and I intuitively felt that there was something about him that suited me.
