Morioka Castle (盛岡城, Morioka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over Morioka Domain, Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The castle is located in what is now the center of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was also referred to as Kozukata Castle (不来方城, Kozukata-jō), but strictly speaking this name pertains to the predecessor of Morioka Castle on the same site.
MoriokaCastle (盛岡城, Morioka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled...
Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated...
Prefecture. The domain was centered at MoriokaCastle in the city of Morioka. For most of its history, Morioka Domain had an official kokudaka of 100...
himself at Nambu (Kai Province) and took that name. The Nambu were daimyō of Morioka, of Shichinohe and Hachinohe (Mutsu Province). The Yanagisawa, descendants...
Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture is home to famous attractions such as MoriokaCastle, the Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi including Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji...
The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history...
his seat from Sannohe Castle to the more central location of Morioka, and began work on MoriokaCastle and its surrounding castle town in 1592. He did...
the north. Shiroishi Castle was also taken from Sendai, and given to the Nanbu clan which had been newly moved from MoriokaCastle. As with all others...
his seat from Sannohe Castle to the more central location of Morioka, and began work on MoriokaCastle and its surrounding castle town in 1592. The Nanbu...
000 to 30,000, in a rapid strike against forces defending Aizuwakamatsu Castle. Heading southwest from Nihonmatsu, Itagaki then took a route across Bonari...
and refused to submit to the new government even after the fall of Edo Castle to the imperial armies. With the assistance of two Prussian businessmen...
Shiwa Castle (志波城, Shiwa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture...
located in Echigo Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Nagaoka Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture...
father in 1632. During his tenure, MoriokaCastle was completed, and he laid out the streets of the surrounding castle town in a grid network. Of severe...
(陸奥守). His poetic name was Rakuzan-kō (楽山公) Yoshikuni was born at Aoba Castle in Sendai, the second son of the 11th-generation daimyō Date Nariyoshi....
Hachinohe Castle, located in the center of what is now the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture. On the death of the 2nd daimyō of Morioka Domain, Nanbu...
on a stable financial footing. In 1615, he completed MoriokaCastle and the surrounding castle town, and many inhabitants of Sannohe moved south to settle...
Tokugawa Iemochi to Kyoto and was placed in charge of security at Nijō Castle during the visit. His courtesy title was also raised to Sakonoe-gon-chūjō...
Gamō Ujisato, and renamed the castle "Fukushima Castle". In 1600, the Battle of Matsukawa took place outside the castle. Following the establishment of...
Province (modern-day Niigata Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Murakami Castle in what is now the city of Murakami, Niigata. During the Heian period, the...
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