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{{Castle
|English Name=Edo Castle
|English Name=Marugame Castle
|Japanese Name=江戸城
|Japanese Name=丸亀城
|Romaji Name=Edo-jo
|Romaji Name=Marugame-jo
|Alternate Names=Chiyoda-jo, Tokyo-jo, Ota-jo
|Alternate Names=Kameyama-jo, Horai-jo
|Founder=Ota Dokan
|Founder=Ikoma Chikamasa
|Year Founded=1400
|Year Founded=1597
|Artifacts=gates
|Castle Type=Hilltop
|City=Tokyo
|Castle Condition=Original main keep
|GPS=35.68761, 139.75538
|Designations=Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties, National Historic Site
|Access=Tokyo Station, 5 min walk
|Visitor Information=Closed Monday and Friday
|Time Required=240
|Website=http://jcastle.info
|has stone walls=Yes
|has buildings=Yes
|has Important Cultural Properties=Yes
|has National Treasures=No
|is a World Heritage Site=No
|is a Top 100 Castle=Yes
|Prefecture=Tokyo
|Castle Type=Flatland
|Castle Condition=ruins only
|Historical Period=Edo Period
|Historical Period=Edo Period
|Historical Designation=National Historical Site
|Main Keep Structure=3 levels, 3 stories
|Designations=Has Important Cultural Property, Top 100 Castle
|Artifacts=tenshu, Ote Ichinomon, Ote Ninomon
|Historical Designations=Has Important Cultural Property, National Historical Site, Top 100 Castle
|Features=main keep, gates, turrets, water moats, stone walls, walls
|Access=Marugame Sta. (Yosan Line), 10 minute walk
|Visitor Information=Main Keep open 9:00-16:30; 200yen
|Time Required=150 mins
|Website=http://www.city.marugame.lg.jp/sightseeing/spot/marugamejo/index.html
|City=Marugame
|Prefecture=Kagawa Prefecture
|Notes=This is an amazing castle. I spent much more time here than I had anticipated. I don't think I've seen any book or website that really does justice to the size of this castle nor the magnificent stone walls. One of the great things about Marugame Castle is how close you can get to all of the walls. If you think about the big Edo Period castles like Edo, Osaka, Nagoya, etc their great stone walls are across a moat so you can't physically get right up next to most of them to be really awed by their scale. The main keep at the top is the smallest in Japan, but when you have such a commanding view from the only mountain in sight, you don't need a big keep.
|History=Ikoma Chikamasa, the lord of the Sanuki area originally ruled from Takamatsu Castle. While there, he built and moved to Marugame Castle placing his son in charge of Takamatsu Castle. Marugame Castle was decomissioned as part of the one castle per country law in 1615.
 
Marugame Castle was resurrected in 1641 when Yamazaki Ieharu was granted the small fief of Western Sanuki. He rebuilt the castle into what we see today and developed the surrounding castle town of Marugame.
|Year Visited=2016
|AddedJcastle=2005
|Visits=February 28, 2016
|GPSLocation=34.28608, 133.80043
|rating_average=3.57
|castleElev=44
|ekiLatLng=34.292,133.793214
|ekiElev=7
|elevChange=37
|kamon=yamazaki.jpg
|kamonFam=Yamazaki
|adminRating=4
|oldID=9
}}
}}
==History==
The history of Edo Castle dates back to the Heian Period when a fortified palace was built by the Edo clan on this site. In 1457 the Uesugi clan constructed the first Edo Castle. The castle remained under the control of the Uesugi family until the coming of the Tokugawa. Before Tokugawa Ieyasu, Edo (Tokyo) was just another town in the Kanto area. Partly due to Ieyasu's revolutionary city planning, the town of Edo developed at lightning speed and quickly became the social and political center of Japan.
In 1590, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed the unification of Japan he granted lordship over the greater Tokyo region to his lieutenant Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa could have ruled from the well established castle town of Odawara (80km west of Tokyo); instead, he took the opportunity to build a new city from the underdeveloped village of Edo. In a little over 100 years, Edo's population would grow to more than a million people, making it the largest city in the world.
When Tokugawa became Shogun in 1603, Edo effectively became the capital of Japan. He mobilized a workforce from all parts of the country to build the huge stone walls, watchtowers, and palaces of the castle. The castle was the heart of Tokugawa's city and the largest castle in the world. The castle design was the work of the great castle architect, and Ieyasu's friend, Todo Takatora.
==Notes==
Please visit the Edo Castle feature page for more photos, maps and descriptions
I have visited Edo-jo many times and never tire of walking the grounds or searching out remnants of the original castle. The size may surprise you because it would take most of a day to walk the whole grounds and visit all the structures even with a well planned trip.

Latest revision as of 11:31, 15 December 2024

This is an amazing castle. I spent much more time here than I had anticipated. I don't think I've seen any book or website that really does justice to the size of this castle nor the magnificent stone walls. One of the great things about Marugame Castle is how close you can get to all of the walls.

Marugame20.jpg

History

Ikoma Chikamasa, the lord of the Sanuki area originally ruled from Takamatsu Castle. While there, he built and moved to Marugame Castle placing his son in charge of Takamatsu Castle. Marugame Castle was decomissioned as part of the one castle per country law in 1615.

Marugame Castle was resurrected in 1641 when Yamazaki Ieharu was granted the small fief of Western Sanuki. He rebuilt the castle into what we see today and developed the surrounding castle town of Marugame.


Field Notes

This is an amazing castle. I spent much more time here than I had anticipated. I don't think I've seen any book or website that really does justice to the size of this castle nor the magnificent stone walls. One of the great things about Marugame Castle is how close you can get to all of the walls. If you think about the big Edo Period castles like Edo, Osaka, Nagoya, etc their great stone walls are across a moat so you can't physically get right up next to most of them to be really awed by their scale. The main keep at the top is the smallest in Japan, but when you have such a commanding view from the only mountain in sight, you don't need a big keep.


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Gallery
  • Main Keep
  • Main keep, Ote Ichinomon, Ote Ninomon
  • Main keep and Uchibori moat
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Stone walls and main keep
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Stone walls and main keep
  • Ninomaru Karamete
  • Ote Ninomon and Ichinomon masugata style gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon
  • Walls of the masugata gate
  • embankment and stone wall of the moat
  • Ote Ichinomon Gate
  • masugata gate
  • Inside the Ote Ichinomon Gate
  • Stone wall of the Sannomaru
  • Stone wall of the Sannomaru
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru Stone Walls
  • View from the Sannnomaru Bailey
  • Stone walls of the Ninomaru and Sannomaru
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Bailey Ote Entrance
  • Ninomaru Bailey Ote Entrance
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Karamete Entrance
  • Main Keep
  • Main Keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • View from the main keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • Honmaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru entrance
  • Ninomaru Tatsumi Yagura foundation
  • Ninomaru Tatsumi Yagura foundation
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Karameteguchi (rear entrance)
  • Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Ninomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru Stone walls
  • Obikuruwa Bailey and Sannomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Karameteguchi (rear entrance)
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru, Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru Karameteguchi
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru Karameteguchi
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Obikuruwa and Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Obikuruwa and Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Nozurazumi stone wall
  • Nozurazaumi tone walls
  • Uchibori moat (inner moat)
  • Lord's palace front gate
  • Nagaya of the guard house
  • Lord's palace gate
  • Walls of the palace grounds
  • Uchibori Moat
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Map
  • Marugame index.jpg


Castle Profile
English Name Marugame Castle
Japanese Name 丸亀城
Alternate Names Kameyama-jo, Horai-jo
Founder Ikoma Chikamasa
Year Founded 1597
Castle Type Hilltop
Castle Condition Original main keep
Designations Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties, National Historic Site
Historical Period Edo Period
Main Keep Structure 3 levels, 3 stories
Artifacts tenshu, Ote Ichinomon, Ote Ninomon
Features main keep, gates, turrets, water moats, stone walls, walls
Visitor Information
Access Marugame Sta. (Yosan Line), 10 minute walk
Hours Main Keep open 9:00-16:30; 200yen
Time Required 150 mins
URL Castle Website
Location Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture
Coordinates 34.28608, 133.80043
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Admin
Added to Jcastle 2005
Admin Year Visited 2016
Admin Visits February 28, 2016


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