Sunpu Castle (駿府城, Sunpu-jō) was a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle of the Floating Isle".[1] It was also referred to as Fuchu Castle (府中城, Fuchū-jō) or Shizuoka Castle (静岡城, Shizuoka-jō).
^Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Shizuoka Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
SunpuCastle (駿府城, Sunpu-jō) was a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle...
period centered in Suruga Province SunpuCastle, a former castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Sunpu jōdai, officials of the Tokugawa shogunate...
Sunpu Domain (駿府藩, Sunpu-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The domain centered at SunpuCastle is what is now...
view of SunpuCastle Aerial view of Nagoya Castle Aerial view of Fukuoka Castle Aerial view of Hirosaki Castle Aerial view of Hirado Castle Aerial view...
taken to SunpuCastle as a hostage. Following the defeat of the Imagawa at the Battle of Okehazama, Ieyasu regained possession of the castle in 1560 and...
sent to SunpuCastle to be a hostage to the Imagawa clan, Tadayoshi served alongside Matsudaira Shigeyoshi as castle warden of Okazaki Castle. He was...
this role she kept in contact with the missionaries of Fushimi Castle and SunpuCastle and continued practicing her faith, while also influencing other...
their domains for the provinces of the Kantō region, and reassigned SunpuCastle to one of his retainers, Nakamura Kazuichi. However, after the defeat...
koku fief in Suruga and Tōtōmi Provinces (thereby founding Sunpu Domain centered on SunpuCastle), and took the name Yorinobu. However, after a little under...
Japan until his death. Ieyasu retired to SunpuCastle in Sunpu, but he also supervised the building of Edo Castle, a massive construction project which lasted...
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...
west and built the Muraki Castle in the southeast of Owari, besieging Mizuno Nobumoto (uncle of Tokugawa Ieyasu) in his castle of Ogawa, who defected from...
survived. He renamed Hikuma Castle "Hamamatsu Castle" in 1577. Ieyasu relocated to SunpuCastle in 1586, entrusting Hamamatsu Castle to Horio Yoshiharu, who...
Hidetada's mother fell ill, her health rapidly deteriorated, and she died at SunpuCastle. Later Hidetada with his brother, Matsudaira Tadayoshi, was raised by...
June, the Meiji government decided to move the Tokugawa family to the SunpuCastle in Suruga (present day Shizuoka). However, many of the Sogekitai members...
traveled to Osaka and Fushimi by boat, and thence to the home of Ieyasu at SunpuCastle, where they arrived on 6 September. Saris was partly welcomed in Japan...
1. The Tournament in SunpuCastle 2. Rules for the contest between representatives of two different schools 3. The Tiger and the Two Dragons 4. The Sticky...
(1784): The son of the shōgun's chief counselor was assassinated inside Edo Castle. The comparatively young wakadoshiyori, Tanuma Yamashiro-no-kami Okitomo [ja]...
the Imagawa army faced a debacle and SunpuCastle was quickly occupied. Later, Ujizane fled to Kakegawa Castle in Totomi Province. After his defeat in...
1605 until his retirement in 1623. Lady Saigo died on July 1, 1589, at SunpuCastle, aged 37 years. The cause of her early death was never determined. While...
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