Tokugawa
Sunpu Castle
駿府城
| Founder | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Year | 1585 |
| Type | Flatland |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Rating | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| Historical Value | Top 100 Castles |
| Location | Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref. |
| Map | Google Map |
| Access | Shizuoka Station (Tokaido main line), 10 minute walk |
| Website | Shizuoka City |
| Visited | February 23, 2004 |
| Notes | Simple reconstruction of the East gate and a corner yagura. The masugata gate looks just like that of Yamagata castle. Don't go out of your way to visit here. |
| History |
Sunpu Castle originally started as a yakata, or fortified palace, for Imakawa Norimasa in the 1400's. However, the exact location of this palace or any other details about it are unknown. An actual castle of the type of castle we think of today was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1585. The donjon of Sunpu Castle was said to have been built three times. The second by Ieyasu in 1605 after he turned over the shogunate to Hidetada and the third was two years later after it burned down in a fire. The third donjon also burned to the ground in another fire in 1635 and was never rebuilt.The castle lasted in this state until the Meiji Period when the it was dismantled and the moats were filled in. Sunpu Castle is most well known as the "retirement castle" of Ieyasu after he relinquished the shogunate to Hidetada. |
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