Kokura Castle ( 小倉城 , Kokura-jō ) is a castle in Kitakyushu , Japan . It was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki starting in 1602, with construction completed in 1608.
11-567: Construction of Kokura Castle began in 1602 and was completed in 1608. It was the property of the Ogasawara clan (from Harima ) between 1632 and 1860. The castle burnt down from a fire in 1837, with parts of it rebuilt in 1839. The castle was burnt down intentionally in 1866 by retreating Kokura troops during its skirmish against the Chōshū clan during the Second Chōshū expedition . Mori Ōgai
22-410: A modern folkloric museum and admission is charged to the keep (350 yen), garden (300 yen) and Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum (600 yen). A joint ticket to the three attractions costs 700 yen. The keep is not an accurate reconstruction. When it was reconstructed in 1959, the designers opted for a more aesthetically appealing design instead of faithfully rebuilding the simpler structure that once stood on
33-692: The Sengoku period (c. 1185–1600), and as daimyō (feudal lords) of territories on Kyūshū during the Edo period (1600–1867). During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods , the clan controlled Shinano province, while related clans controlled the provinces of Awa , Bizen , Bitchū , Iwami , Mikawa , Tōtōmi and Mutsu . According to some theories, the Miyoshi clan and the Mizukami clan were descendants of
44-511: The 8th generation was Yoshinaga, who established himself at Miyoshi in Awa province (now Tokushima Prefecture ). Osagawa Yoshinaga took the name Miyoshi Yoshinaga and became a vassal of the Hosokawa clan , who were then the strongest force on the island. Accounts from the late 16th century include mention of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu as the nephew and adopted son of Miyoshi Chōkei . Any remnants of
55-755: The Fukashi line is ultimately established at the Ogasawara of Bunzen. The great-grandson of Yoshikiyo, Nagakiyo , was the first to take the name Ogasawara. The area controlled by his descendants grew to encompass the entire province of Shinano. Nagakiyo's grandson, Ogasawara Hidemasa [ ja ] (1569–1615), served Ieyasu; and in 1590, Hidemasa received Koga Domain (20,000 koku ) in Shimōsa Province . In 1601, Ieyasu transferred Hidemasa to Iida Domain (50,000 koku ) in Shinano; then, in 1613, he
66-590: The Miyoshi branch of the Ogasawara clan would have been vanquished by the Chōsokabe clan as they gradually took control of the entire island of Shikoku. The Ogasawara clan is inlinked to Japanese discovery of the Bonin Islands , and to Japan's claim over those islands which are now administratively considered part of metropolitan Tokyo: Ogasawara Nagakiyo Too Many Requests If you report this error to
77-509: The Ogasawara clan. The clan developed a number of schools of martial arts during this period, known as Ogasawara-ryū , and contributed to the codification of bushido etiquette. Towards the end of the Sengoku period (late 16th century), the clan opposed both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu . During the Edo period, the Ogasawara were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of
88-624: The Tokugawa, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans. The fudai Ogasawara clan originated in 12th century Shinano Province . They claim descent from Takeda Yoshikiyo and the Seiwa-Genji . Broadly, there are two genealogical lines of the Ogasawara, the Matsuo and the Fukashi , each of which identify places in Shinano. The Matsuo line gave rise to the Ogasawara of Echizen, and
99-560: The site. Kokura Castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017. An old Japanese-style pre- Brunton lighthouse from Shirasu (白洲) is on the castle grounds. Ogasawara clan The Ogasawara clan ( Japanese : 小笠原氏 , Hepburn : Ogasawara-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji . The Ogasawara acted as shugo (governors) of Shinano Province during
110-580: Was able to return to the home of his forebears, Fukashi Castle (80,000 koku ), now known as Matsumoto Castle . The branches of the fudai Ogasawara clan include the following: The Miyoshi clan of daimyō were cadet descendants of the Ogasawara; and through them, they were also descendants of the Seiwa-Genji Minamoto . At the beginning of the 14th century, Ogasawara Nagafusa established himself in Shikoku . Amongst his descendants in
121-493: Was based at the castle at the turn of the 20th century, when it was a military base. The keep was reconstructed in 1959, and the castle was fully restored in 1990. Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum and castle garden were opened in 1998. The castle is about a ten-minute walk from JR Kyushu 's Kokura Station . The north side of the moat is next to the Riverwalk shopping complex (completed in 2003). The castle keep contains
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