Fushimi Castle
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Fushimi Castle (伏見城, Fushimi-jō), also known as Momoyama Castle (桃山城, Momoyama-jō) or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
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Fushimi Castle 伏見城 | |
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Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan | |
Type | Azuchi-Momoyama castle |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592–1598) Torii Mototada (1598–1600) Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1623) Japan (1964–present) |
Condition | Reconstructed; buildings closed to the public since 2003 |
Site history | |
Built | 1592–1594, rebuilt late 1590s, again in 1964 |
Built by | Toyotomi Hideyoshi (original) |
In use | 1592–1623 |
Materials | stone, wood, plaster, gold |
Demolished | 1596 by an earthquake; dismantled 1623 |
Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence. Fushimi Castle was destroyed in the 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake and rebuilt before eventually being demolished in 1623 and its site later used for the tomb of Emperor Meiji. The current Fushimi Castle is a replica constructed in 1964 near the original site in Fushimi.[1]
The Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history partially takes its name from Fushimi Castle.