"Tenshu" , which is also a symbol of Japanese castles ..
Popularly called "Tenshukaku" is.
The lord smiles at the castle town from the balcony on the top floor.
That place with such an image.
However, when you actually go up to the castle tower, don't you think it's a murderous landscape as a gallan?
"Did the lord live in such a place?"
"Ah! It's hundreds of years ago, so maybe after breaking it?" What?
No, no.
The lord did not sleep in the castle tower.
Isn't this quite surprising to many people?
The image of manga etc. is too strong.
So, this time, I will introduce the symbol of Japanese castle, "Tenshu".
What was it for, if not for living?
The castle tower has been built since the Warring States period!
Will the shape of the castle change due to the introduction of guns?
1543 , One ship was washed ashore on Tanegashima.
And the moment when the matchlock gun was introduced to Japan But there is also.
Until the middle of the Warring States period, the fighting style was centered on bows and arrows and spears, but with the introduction of matchlock guns, the fighting style evolved.
In line with that, the castle began to transform into an iron-walled shape.
From ancient times, what was called a castle was, in simple terms, a fence around the facility, which was very simple from now on.
The name is also "○○ fence "○○ Castle I was calling. " Fence I'm saying.
After that, earthworks , which is an earthen embankment-like wall. turret Will be made.
You can see that the castle was not for housing, but for defense facilities.
And when guns and even cannons were used in battles, it became necessary to add bulletproof to the defense posture that had only to prevent arrows and spears until then, Ishigaki Strong things such as are often used.
Nobunaga Oda builds a castle tower, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi makes it popular!
Azuchi Castle with 1 basement floor and 6 floors above ground!
1579 , Oda Nobunaga with the unification of the world on the horizon Is Azuchi Castle Was completed.
It is said to be the first castle in Japan to have a castle tower on the 5th floor and above. Speaking of buildings such as the 4th floor turret and the castle tower, it seems that they existed before that.
In the first place, the castle tower seems to have an overwhelmingly strong element to show off the authority of the castle owner.
"How is it! You can build a castle with such a gorgeous castle tower !!"
Feeling like.
Of course, I was good at seeing the inside and outside of the castle and confirming the invasion of the enemy, but if it is too big, it will be a target.
1614 , Toyotomi vs Tokugawa "Siege of Osaka" At that time, a gun-gun cannon was shot into Osaka Castle.
Azuchi Castle was also quite scarce as a defensive facility, but on the contrary, it had a structure specialized for living space.
This is exactly what the lord lives in the castle tower that we imagine.
Osaka Castle trying to cross Oda Nobunaga!
1582 , Nobunaga Oda dies at Honnoji Then, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Around this time, Hashiba Hideyoshi) is emerging.
The following year, perhaps he had a strong desire to surpass Nobunaga-san, with Azuchi Castle as a model, and a castle that surpassed it Osaka Castle . The construction of the castle has started.
The castle tower will be completed in just one and a half years after the castle was built. He wanted to complete it as soon as possible in order to let everyone know his power.
Furthermore, when building the castle tower, it was placed so that the castle tower could be seen clearly from the town of Osaka.
The daimyo of each country, who were fascinated by the gorgeous castle tower, began to build the castle tower in their own castle as if to imitate it, and the castle with the castle tower spread rapidly from around this time.
Osaka Castle, which was said to be impregnable over 15 years, will be completed.
But 1600 "Battle of Sekigahara" Victory in Ieyasu Tokugawa The world became the world of Tokugawa by Mr. 1615 "Osaka / Summer Team" The Toyotomi clan was destroyed, and Osaka Castle was fallen . I will do it.
The current Osaka Castle is 1620 It was rebuilt by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and it seems that all of Osaka Castle built by Hideyoshi is buried deep in the ground.
7m underground according to recent research The existence of the stone wall was confirmed in, and it was found to be from the Toyotomi clan era.
Tokugawa is 10m landfill It means that we did not leave any trace of Toyotomi's castle.
Where did the lord live?
Castles with castle towers were built one after another in the latter half of the Warring States period, but since the castle tower had a strong meaning as a symbol of power, it was inconvenient to use it as a residence or as a political commander.
The exterior of the castle tower was flashy and expensive, but on the contrary, the interior was made simple, and some castles were used as storage for weapons and other items.
Then, where did the lords live? It seems that they were in a one-story palace called Honmaru in the castle.
In the Edo period, the height of the castle tower was restricted, and the castle was abandoned except for the castle where it lived. "Law of One Castle" The number of castles has decreased dramatically with the promulgation of.
Even when repairing a castle, it was not possible without the permission of the Shogunate, so even if the castle tower was damaged, it could not be repaired, and the number of castles without a castle tower increased.
Instead, the Honmaru Palace, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, which were used for housing and political affairs, were made more luxurious.
Japanese castles are "castle towers" that have a strong image of "this!", But in reality, they were like a kind of boom that was popular only for decades.
Nobunaga will be the igniter of the boom.
It seems that Nobunaga Oda was the only one in history to live in the castle tower. He may have been elsewhere ...
After all, Nobunaga has a large scale of things to do.
"Demon King" I was called.