Toyotomi
Fushimi Castle
伏見城
| Founder | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| Year | 1594 |
| Reconstructed | 1964 |
| Type | Flatland |
| Condition | Reconstructed |
| Rating | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| Location | Kyoto |
| Map | Google Map |
| Access | Momoyama Station (JR Nara Line) |
| Notes | Not personally visited, pictures donated by Cesare Polenghi. According to my sources, the castle/museum is now closed and no longer open to the public. If anyone can confirm this please let me know. |
| History |
The mock castle you see in the pictures here was built on this spot because the original location of Fushimi Castle is on Imperial property and cannot be entered. It seems Fushimi Castle was never destined to have a successful life. The original Fushimi Castle was founded in 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Just one year later it was destroyed in a great earthquake. Hideyoshi commanded another castle to be built near this location. He died a couple years after its completion. Tokugawa Ieyasu then moved into the castle which was destroyed in a battle before the battle of Sekigahara. He rebuilt the castle again only to have it dismantled as a part of his own one castle per country laws. Some of the yagura gained new life as the Fushimi Yagura at Fukuyama Castle and the Fushimi Yagura at Osaka Castle. Now it seems this reconstruction has also met its own end. |
Viewer Comments
(2) | Post CommentHello, Just got back from Japan and I did visit this castle and it's closed to the public. Still worth a visit though! I went on a week day and there was hardly anyone there so it's a good chance to get some excellent pics!
May 27, 2008 at 05:12 AM
interesting
April 16, 2008 at 04:06 PM