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{{Castle
|English Name=
|English Name=Wakayama Castle
|Japanese Name=和歌山城
|Romaji Name=wakayama-jo
|Alternate Names=Takegaki-jo, Torafusu-jo
|Founder=Toyotomi Hidenaga
|Year Founded=1585
|Castle Type=Hilltop
|Castle Condition=Reconstructed main keep
|Designations=Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties, National Historic Site
|Historical Period=Edo Period
|Main Keep Structure=3 levels, 3 stories
|Year Reconstructed=1958 (concrete)
|Artifacts=Okaguchi Gate
|Features=main keep, gates, turrets, bridges, water moats, stone walls, walls
|Access=Wakayama Station (Nankai Line, JR Hanwa Line); 15 min bus to Koenmae bus stop, or walk 20 mins
|Visitor Information=400 yen; open 9-5:30pm; closed 12/29-12/31
|Time Required=120 mins
|Website=http://www.wakayamakanko.com/eng/sightseeing/history1.html
|City=Wakayama City
|Prefecture=Wakayama Prefecture
|Notes=I put off going to this castle for a long while, but after visiting I really think that most castle books don't give it justice. The amount of stone walls and baileys that remain are impressive. Even though the main keep and connected buildings are reconstructed, the complex keep style (renritsushiki) that completely encloses the main keep courtyard is one of only a few that you can see like this. The castle also has two original gates, a beautifully reconstructed covered bridge, and you can see all the different types of stone walls depending on when they were built. There is also an original bell tower yagura, the kitchen yagura from the honmaru palace and a samurai home in the town. I highly recommend you take the time to walk the grounds and enjoy this great castle.
|History=In 1585, under the orders of his older brother Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi Hidenaga established Wakayama Castle to help rule over the Kii area. When the castle was finished, Hidenaga had made Yamato Koriyama Castle his home base and stationed Kuwayama Shigeharu here in his place.


Asano Yoshinaga was stationed at Wakayama Castle after the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1619, Tokugawa Ieyasu's 10th child Yorinobu became lord of the castle. From that point until the Meiji Restoration the castle was ruled by successive Tokugawa lords.


 
Even after the Meiji Restoration, the beautiful main keep was kept intact and designated a National Treasure. Unfortunately, it burned to the ground during bombings in 1945. Wakayama Castle together with Himeji Castle and Iyo-Matsuyama Castle are called the Three Great Flatland Mountain Castles.
 
|Year Visited=2012
Wakayama Castle
|AddedJcastle=2005
|Japanese Name=
|Visits=March 17, 2012
和歌山城
|GPSLocation=34.22761, 135.17137
|Romaji Name=
|Contributor=Eric
wakayama-jo
|rating_average=3.52
|Alternate Names=
|castleElev=30
Takegaki-jo, Torafusu-jo
|ekiLatLng=34.236595,135.166907
|Founder=
|ekiElev=8
Toyotomi Hidenaga
|elevChange=22
|Year Founded=
|kamon=mituaoi.jpg
1585
|kamonFam=Tokugawa
|Castle Type=
|adminRating=4
Hilltop
|oldID=14
|Castle Condition=
Reconstructed main keep
|Designations=
 
National Historic Site, Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties
 
|Historical Period=
Edo Period
|Main Keep Structure=
3 levels, 3 stories
|Year Reconstructed=
1958 (concrete)
|Artifacts=
 
Okaguchi Gate
 
|Features=
stone walls
|Access=
 
 
Wakayama Station (Nankai Line, JR Hanwa Line); 15 min bus to Koenmae bus stop, or walk 20 mins
 
 
|Visitor Information=
 
400 yen; open 9-5:30pm; closed 12/29-12/31
 
|Time Required=
120 mins
|City=
Wakayama City, Wakayama Pref.
|Prefecture=
Wakayama Prefecture
|Notes=
 
 
I put off going to this castle for a long while, but after visiting I really think that most castle books don't give it justice. The amount of stone walls and baileys that remain are impressive. Even though the main keep and connected buildings are reconstructed, the complex keep style (<i>renritsushiki</i>) that completely encloses the main keep courtyard is one of only a few that you can see like this. The castle also has two original gates, a beautifully reconstructed covered bridge, and you can see all the different types of stone walls depending on when they were built. There is also an original bell tower yagura, the kitchen yagura from the honmaru palace and a samurai home in the town. I highly recommend you take the time to walk the grounds and enjoy this great castle.
 
 
|History=
 
 
<p>In 1585, under the orders of his older brother Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi Hidenaga established Wakayama Castle to help rule over the Kii area. When the castle was finished, Hidenaga had made Yamato Koriyama Castle his home base and stationed Kuwayama Shigeharu here in his place.</p><p>Asano Yoshinaga was stationed at Wakayama Castle after the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1619, Tokugawa Ieyasu's 10th child Yorinobu became lord of the castle. From that point until the Meiji Restoration the castle was ruled by successive Tokugawa lords.</p><p>Even after the Meiji Restoration, the beautiful main keep was kept intact and designated a National Treasure. Unfortunately, it burned to the ground during bombings in 1945. Wakayama Castle together with Himeji Castle and Iyo-Matsuyama Castle are called the Three Great Flatland Mountain Castles. </p>
 
 
|Visits=
March 17, 2012
|Japanese Notes=
 
 
ずっと和歌山城へはあまり行く気になりませんでしたが、行ってみたらとても素晴らしかったです。もっと早く行けば良かったと思います。お城関連の本や資料には十分にその素晴らしさを描いていないのは残念です。お城全体の広大さ、石垣、曲輪などに感動しました。このお城の全部をゆっくり歩くのをお勧めします。それに現存の門を始め、町には時鐘櫓と本丸御殿の台所と武家屋敷もあるので興味があれば探してください。
 
 
|Year Visited=
2012
|Website=
 
 
http://www.wakayamakanko.com/eng/sightseeing/history1.html
 
 
|rating_average=
3.52
|castleElev=
30
|ekiLatLng=
34.236595,135.166907
|ekiElev=
8
|elevChange=
22
|kamon=
mituaoi.jpg
|kamonFam=
Tokugawa
|adminRating=
4
|oldID=
14
|GPSLocation=
34.227611236872676,135.17137169837952
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 09:24, 25 August 2024

I put off going to this castle for a long while, but after visiting I really think that most castle books don't give it justice. The amount of stone walls and baileys that remain are impressive. Even though the main keep and connected buildings are reconstructed, the complex keep style (renritsushik

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History

In 1585, under the orders of his older brother Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi Hidenaga established Wakayama Castle to help rule over the Kii area. When the castle was finished, Hidenaga had made Yamato Koriyama Castle his home base and stationed Kuwayama Shigeharu here in his place.

Asano Yoshinaga was stationed at Wakayama Castle after the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1619, Tokugawa Ieyasu's 10th child Yorinobu became lord of the castle. From that point until the Meiji Restoration the castle was ruled by successive Tokugawa lords.

Even after the Meiji Restoration, the beautiful main keep was kept intact and designated a National Treasure. Unfortunately, it burned to the ground during bombings in 1945. Wakayama Castle together with Himeji Castle and Iyo-Matsuyama Castle are called the Three Great Flatland Mountain Castles.


Field Notes

I put off going to this castle for a long while, but after visiting I really think that most castle books don't give it justice. The amount of stone walls and baileys that remain are impressive. Even though the main keep and connected buildings are reconstructed, the complex keep style (renritsushiki) that completely encloses the main keep courtyard is one of only a few that you can see like this. The castle also has two original gates, a beautifully reconstructed covered bridge, and you can see all the different types of stone walls depending on when they were built. There is also an original bell tower yagura, the kitchen yagura from the honmaru palace and a samurai home in the town. I highly recommend you take the time to walk the grounds and enjoy this great castle.


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Gallery
  • main keep, Ninomon, and Ninomon Yagura
  • Okaguchi gate
  • Main keep and connected yagura
  • Main keep
  • main keep
  • Approaching the main keep
  • Ninomon Gate (Kusunoki Gate)
  • Inside the Main Keep compound
  • Inui Yagura
  • Main keep bailey.
  • Ninomon Yagura
  • Uzumimon Gate (buried gate)
  • foundation of the Daidokoro Yagura
  • Rock chutes
  • Okaguchi Gate
  • Rear side of the Okaguchi Gate
  • wall connecting to the Okaguchi Gate
  • Otemon Gate and Ichinohashi Bridge
  • Back side of the Otemon Gate
  • Oimawashi Gate
  • Oimawashi Gate
  • Ohashiroka
  • Ohashiroka Bridge
  • Inside the Ohashiroka Bridge
  • a high stone wall
  • East moat near the Oteguchi Gate
  • Stone walls of the Akazumon Gate ruins
  • Stone walls of the former Nakamon Gate.
  • Stone steps of the Okura Bailey.
  • Stone steps of the Okuru Bailey
  • Stone walls of the South Bailey
  • Stone walls
  • Stone walls near the Tsurunomon Gate ruins
  • high stone wall foundation of a yagura
  • dry moat
  • Stone walls of the South Nakamon entrance
  • stone walls and steps
  • map


Castle Profile
English Name Wakayama Castle
Japanese Name 和歌山城
Alternate Names Takegaki-jo, Torafusu-jo
Founder Toyotomi Hidenaga
Year Founded 1585
Castle Type Hilltop
Castle Condition Reconstructed main keep
Designations Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties, National Historic Site
Historical Period Edo Period
Main Keep Structure 3 levels, 3 stories
Year Reconstructed 1958 (concrete)
Artifacts Okaguchi Gate
Features main keep, gates, turrets, bridges, water moats, stone walls, walls
Visitor Information
Access Wakayama Station (Nankai Line, JR Hanwa Line); 15 min bus to Koenmae bus stop, or walk 20 mins
Hours 400 yen; open 9-5:30pm; closed 12/29-12/31
Time Required 120 mins
URL Castle Website
Location Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
Coordinates 34.22761, 135.17137
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Admin
Added to Jcastle 2005
Contributor Eric
Admin Year Visited 2012
Admin Visits March 17, 2012


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