Hiroshima Palace

HIROSHIMA PALACE

Hiroshima Castle (広 島 城, Hiroshima-Jo?) or often called the Palace Koi fish (鲤城,rijō?) is a palace located in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

First built in 1589, the hiroshima palace is the center of power daimyo han Hiroshimaregion. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 destroyed the entire palace buildings. The current palace is a replica built in 1958 and serves as a museum of the history of Hiroshima before World War II period.

The main tower is black like the color of koi fish or moat around the castle there is lots ofkoi fish is the reason Hiroshima Castle is known as koi palace.

Pride baseball team named the Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hiroshima Carp in Englishbecause it means the Koi fish.

COUNSTRUCTION

Hiroshima palace built on the soft delta soil, the weight distribution of stone walls that must be equitably requires special techniques. The building of the original palace built of wood and finished around 1592 or 1599.

The top floor Honmaru stone wall building consisting of two levels of a collapse due to improvements made ​​by Fukushima Masanori. The result of a failed repair by FukushimaMasanori can still be seen today.

HISTORY

Sengoku Period

Construction of the palace started in 1589 by the Mori clan leader named Mori Terumoto. The palace was built at a location called Gokamura the Ota River delta. The location of the palace is considered strategic because the river can be used as a means of transportation.
Akitakata Yoshidakōriyama Palace in the city that had become the center of power Mori clan is a castle on the mountain (yamajiro) with an impenetrable defense, although many times been attacked by the enemy. In the Sengoku era marked by war scramble areas, Yoshidakōriyama Palace is situated in a strategic location for Mori clan because it is situated in the middle of the San-in and Sanyo.
Japan's domestic political situation becomes stable in the last year and the Mori clan Tenshō era has become a ruler (taishu) 9 provinces in the Chugoku region valued at 1.2 million koku, but stewardship of government began to decrease. Yoshidakōriyama palace in the mountains in remote locations that are not suitable as a trade center that intends to move the Mori clan. Mori clan chose lowland location on the seafront to build a castle town as a major transport hub in the Seto Inland Sea which is the trade route.Others said the plan to build castles in the lowlands has been thought by the grandfather who named Mori Mori Terumoto Motonari.
Construction of the palace is a large project with the first stage of backfilling sand shoal in the river and dredging the land to create a watery ditch. Construction of the palace using a model medieval castle with the example of Osaka Castle. The composition of the building following the model of the official residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto called Jurakudai.
When the castle was built, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was waging a war of conquest Joseon called the Seven Years War. Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to make the Palace rearguard Hiroshima as the invasion of Joseon and to help in the matter of palace construction techniques. Personal Adviser Hideyoshi named Kuroda Josui was sent to assist the construction of the palace. There is a story that said Hideyoshi himself came to stay in Hiroshima for overseeing the construction of the palace. Two small towers reportedly built in the south and east of the main tower.
Construction of the palace was completed in 1599. As has just finished, grandeur palace reportedly could become a rival of Osaka Castle, but unfortunately the shape of the building before overhauled by Fukushima Masanori not known for certain.

Edo Period

Hiroshima palace moved his hands after Fukushima Masanori Mori clan's territory seized by Tokugawa Ieyasu due to losing the Battle of Sekigahara. Mori clan moved to the two provinces Bōchō (Suo and Nagato provinces) (region han Chōshū).
In 1619, Fukushima Masanori dismissal punished for doing repair flood-damaged palace without permission from the Tokugawa Shogunate. Masanori Fukushima moved to Kawanakajima in the province of Shinano and Asano Nagaakira Kii Wakayama province appointed as the new ruler's palace. Starting from Nagaakira Asano, Asano clan became ruler of Hiroshima for 12 generations or about 250 years. Lord of the Ako han named Asano Takumi no kami who became background Chūshingura event is branching of the Asano clan.
Hiroshima Palace was once a vast palace in the reign of Hiroshima han. Deep trench, ditch the middle and outer ditches within a radius of 1 kilometer from the palace buildings. The palace is visible now is the extent was greatly reduced after the moat outside diuruk in 1911 and the middle teruruk trench with rubble after the explosion of an atomic bomb.
In the city of Hiroshima today can still be found a place name ending in horizontal (堀?, Trenches) as Hatchobori and Yagenbori. Hatchobori located about hachi (八?, Eight) cho (about 880 meters) in the eastern outer moat. Japanese Garden named Shukkeien which is located on the east side of Hiroshima Castle, a longtime neighborhood was still inside the palace.
The south outer moat is now a Aioi-dori highway stretching from east to west. Kamiya-cho Nishi intersection (in front of Sogo Hiroshima) used to be the location of the main gate of the palace. Shirokita-dori highway used to be the north end of the palace. Water to flow through outer moat Hongawa taken from the river (river Kyu-ōtagawa) near the bridge Misasabashi.
Sign daimyo lord of Hiroshima Castle
1. Mori Terumoto (1591-1600) * received 1.12 million koku2. Fukushima Masanori (1600-1619), received 498,223 koku3. Asano Nagaakira (1619-1632), received 426,500 koku **4. Asano Mitsuakira (1632-1672)5. Asano Tsunaakira (1672-1673)6. Asano Tsunanaga (1673-1708)7. Asano Yoshinaga (1708-1752)8. Asano Munetsune (1752-1763)9. Asano Shigeakira (1763-1799)10. Asano Narikata (1799-1830)11. Asano Naritaka (1831-1858)12. Asano Yoshiteru (1858-1858)13. Asano Nagamichi (1858-1869)14. Asano Nagakoto (1869-1869)
* Years in parentheses are the years in power at the Palace of Hiroshima and not years of life** Daimyo Asano Nagaakira after all received 426,500 koku.

Meiji period until the end of World War II 

In 1871, Kyushu garrison which was one of six formed the Japanese military garrison stationed in the palace. Hiroshima increasingly important role as a military town after the garrison was increased to garrison Hiroshima Kyushu in 1873. Military facilities such as the 11 th regiment of infantry and army cadet school was also in Hiroshima in the environment court.
In the Jiawu War, the headquarters of the Japanese imperial army (Daihonei) moved temporarily into the palace because the location of the Tokyo neighborhood that is too far from the battlefield. From the date of 15 September 1894 to 27 April 1895, Emperor Meiji to stay for a while in Hiroshima. Japanese imperial Parliament also moved to temporarily into the environment court. Until the end of the War Jiawu, Hiroshima actually had time to become the capital of Japan even though only a few months.
Inside the palace environment can still be seen historic site of the former army headquarters of the Japanese empire. Location of Hiroshima is considered strategic for the relocation of the command headquarters for the rail Sanyo had come to Hiroshima in June 1894 and a large warship to dock at the port of Ujina (now the Port of Hiroshima).
In 1931, the main tower of the palace set by the government as national heritage of Japan. On August 6, 1945 at 08:15 am, the palace buildings burned to the ground due to the atomic bomb. The remains of the palace building can not be recognized, although there was testimony that said the building materials from the palace used by city residents who have difficulty living. The location of the court designated as a historic site on March 31, 1953.


Existing buildings

Hiroshima Castle in the environment there are only a few buildings:

* Main Tower

Replication of the main tower is made of concrete that mimics the look outside the maintower of the original building. The tower was built in connection with the organization ofexhibitions recovery city of Hiroshima in 1958. The building consists of 5 floors with aheight of 26.6 meters above the foundation stone of 12.4 meters altitude above ground level.

* The tower supervisor (Ninomaru Hirayagura, Tamon Yagura, Taiko Yagura) and gateOmotegomon

Everything is a replica of the wooden building was completed in 1994.

* Temple of Hiroshima Gokokujinja

Shinto Shrine which occupies the former Honmaru and visited by many people who doHatsumode early in the new year.

* Other buildings:
Chugoku television station Hōsō (RCC) which is part of TBS television network, a statue of Hayato Ikeda (Hiroshima-born politician in the Meiji era), volleyball court and fountain.






The following is part of a collection of images of the beauty of Hiroshima castleremaining :