Tamaru Castle - Relocated Structures

Tamarujō: Sannomaru Goten Okushoin (Tamaru, Tamaki, Watarai, Mie) 田丸城三ノ丸御殿奥書院［三重県度会郡玉城町田丸］ This house is the sannomaru goten okushoin (inner chambers of the third bailey palace) at Tamaru Castle, part of what was once an expansive complex of goten (castellan's palace) buildings. It dates to 1677

Tamaru Castle - Relocated Structures

田丸城現存移築建物

Tamarujō: Sannomaru Goten Okushoin (Tamaru, Tamaki, Watarai, Mie) 田丸城三ノ丸御殿奥書院［三重県度会郡玉城町田丸］

This house is the sannomaru goten okushoin (inner chambers of the third bailey palace) at Tamaru Castle, part of what was once an expansive complex of goten (castellan's palace) buildings. It dates to 1677 and was originally auctioned off when the castle was decommissioned in the Meiji period where it was used as a farmhouse. In 1991 it was restored to the castle grounds.

The building's exterior still looks somewhat like a farmstead's, right? However, the interior has been restored to its regal bukeshoin-style. Unfortunately, it is not open to the general public, so we cannot see the interior. This is a regrettable.

Tamarujō: Relocated Structures in Shinchaya (Shinchaya, Meiwa, Taki, Mie) 田丸城移築門・塀・蔵・まちかど博物館［三重県多気郡明和町新茶屋］

In the village of Shinchaya in Meiwa Township, Taki County, is an old residence with relocated structures from Tamaru Castle. The residence is open to the public as the 'Machikado Museum'. The museum was not open when I visited, but I was able to look around the residence. Relocated buildings from the castle include a gate, the surrounding wall, and a storehouse. The former castle gate is not the main gate of the residence, however, but a smaller gate at the back of the residence, which one has to enter into a dark tunnel-like entrance to a forest to find.

The main residence building also looks very aged, perhaps Meiji period.

Tamarujō: Relocated Storehouses at Tamaru-jinja (Tamaru, Tamaki, Watarai, Mie) 田丸城移築武器庫火薬蔵・田丸神社［三重県度会郡玉城町田丸］

If one goes to Tamaru-jinja, a shrine to the north of Tamaru Castle ruins in Tamaki Township, Watarai County, one sees three buildings lined in a row, looking almost like a medieval row of shops. However, these are relocated storehouses from the castle. Or, the two on the right are. I'm not sure about the rather drab shed on the left. I really like the squat appearance of the little kura (storehouse) on the right. The central kura has double doors and looks sturdy. These kura were used to house gunpowder and weapons. Tamaru-jinja can be accessed by going to the northeastern most point of the moat around the castle, and the shrine's causeway is right there.

Tamarujō: Fujimimon (Tamaru, Tamaki, Watarai, Mie) 田丸城富士見門［三重県度会郡玉城町田丸］　

Fujimimon was a nagayamon (row-gatehouse) originally built between the second and third bailey of Tamaru Castle. However, it was auctioned off and relocated when the castle was decommissioned in the Meiji period. In 1984 it was brought back to the castle, albeit not in the same place, and now it is a gatehouse remnant which doesn't lead anywhere. Nagayamon have wings with rooms on either side, but these are now lost for the Fujimimon it seems, and only the central portion remains.

Tamarujō: Tenrinji (Myōjō, Meiwa, Taki, Mie) 転輪寺・松坂城移築城門・田丸城移築城門［三重県多気郡明和町明星］

Tenrinji is a temple in Myōjō village, Meiwa Township, Taki County. It contains two relocated gates from two different castles. The temple's south gate is said to originally have been a gate used at Matsusaka Castle in Matsusaka Municipality, and the temple's front gate is said to have been originally built at Tamaru Castle in Tamaki Township, Watarai County. Meiwa Township lists this latter, grander of the two gates as a cultural property. Tenrinji is itself a nice local temple.

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