List of foreign-style castles in Japan
This is a list of foreign-style castles in Japan. In Japan, the word '城(shiro) has broader meanings than western world, so this list includes the buildings near to fortresses.
Korean style castles
Castle[1] | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Mizuki Castle | Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture | 663 | Korean style defensive wall? | Ruins | |
Nagato Castle | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture? | 665 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Ōno Castle | Ōnojō, Fukuoka Prefecture | 665 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Kii Castle | Kiyama, Saga Prefecture | 665 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Takayasu Castle | Heguri, Nara Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Yashima Castle | Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins,restored stonewall | |
Kaneda Castle | Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Kikuchi Castle | Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture | 698 | Korean-style fortress | Partially reconstructed | |
Mino Castle | unknown | 699 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Inazumi castle | unknown | 699 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Mio Castle | Takashima, Shiga Prefecture? | 672 | Korean-style fortress? | unknown location | |
Ibara Castle | Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture? | 719 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Tsune Castle | Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture? | 719 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Kiyama Castle | Tatsuno, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ōmeguri Komeguri-san Castle | Okayama, Okayama Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ki Castle | Souja, Okayama Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Partially reconstructed | |
Iwaki-san Castle | Hikari, Yamaguchi prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kiyama Castle | Sakaide, Kagawa prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Einō-san Castle | Saijō, Ehime Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kakenouma Castle | Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Raizan Castle | Itoshima, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Hagi Castle | Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ashiki-san Castle | Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kōra-san Castle | Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Zoyama Castle | Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Goshogatani castle | Miyako, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Tōbaru-san Castle | Kōge, Fukuoka prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Obukuma-yama Castle | Saga, Saga prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Otsubo-yama Castle | Takeo, Saga, Saga Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Chinese style castle
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Ito Castle | Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture | 756-768[2][3] | Chinese style fortress[4] | Ruins |
Portuguese style castle
Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Fortified City of Nagasaki | Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture | 1580? | Citadel | Possible ruins remains[5] |
Dutch style castle
Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Hegirichi Jin'ya | Hokuto, Hokkaido | 1855 | Dutch style Bastion fort[6] | Ruins |
French style castles
French style bastion fort
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Goryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1855 | Vauban style star fort[7] | Reconstructed | |
Tatsuoka Castle | Saku, Nagano Prefecture | 1864-1867 | Vauban style star fort[8] | One Building remains | |
Shiryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1869 | French style bastion fort[9] | Ruins | |
Shichiryōkaku | Nanae, Hokkaido | ? | French style bastion fort[9] | Ruins |
Japanese castles with French-style buildings
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | westernized | Remaining French-style building |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shibata Castle | Shibata, Niigata Prefecture | Kamakura period | Meiji period | barracks[10] | |
Nagoya Castle | Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture | Sengoku period | Meiji period | barracks (relocated to Meiji-mura)[11] |
- Other Japanese castles stationed by French style Japanese troops includes Sakura Castle, Utsunomiya Castle, Takasaki Castle, Sendai Castle, Kanazawa Castle, Osaka Castle, Himeji Castle, Hiroshima Castle, Marugame Castle, Kumamoto Castle, Kokura Castle, and Fukuoka Castle.[12]
English style castle
Japanese castles with English-style buildings
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | westernized | Remaining English style buildings |
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Osaka Castle | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture | 1583 | Meiji period | headquarters of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army (now Miraiza Osaka-jo)[13] |
Notes
- 向井一雄 & 2017年, p. 211.
- 怡土城跡(平凡社) 2004.
- 国指定史跡怡土城跡 2006, pp. 6-12.
- 怡土城跡(糸島市ホームページ)。
- 起源は16世紀後半の城塞? 長崎学研究所・赤瀬所長 県庁跡地一帯の石垣研究 長崎新聞、17/2/2019
- 北斗にまたたく星の城 道南ブロック博物館施設等連絡協議会ブログ
- "城巡りが10倍楽しくなる おもしろ探訪 日本の城 pp.69-70". 扶桑社. June 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- もう一つの五稜郭!長野県の『龍岡城五稜郭』を訪ねてみた サライ、8/8/2017
- 五稜郭だけじゃない!四稜郭もあれば三稜郭や七稜郭もあった?! Good day 北海道,2019年10月14日アクセス
- 白壁兵舎 広報史料館 自衛隊新潟地方協力本部、2019年10月15日アクセス
- 歩兵第六聯隊兵舎 博物館明治村、2019年10月14日アクセス)
- 存城と廃城 -城はいつ終わったのか- 森山英一,2019年10月22日アクセス, p.113
- 橋爪紳也、『大大阪モダン建築』、青幻舎、2007
References
- 向井一雄 (2017). よみがえる古代山城 国際戦争と防衛ライン(歴史文化ライブラリー440). 吉川弘文館. ISBN 978-4642058407.
- 国指定史跡怡土城跡(前原市文化財調査報告書 第94集). 前原市教育委員会. 2006. - リンクは九州国立博物館「西都 太宰府」資料観覧ライブラリー。
See also
- Chashi—fortifications built by Ainu people
- Gusuku—the castles of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
- List of castles
- List of Japanese castles
- List of Japanese castles stationed by foreign troops
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