{"id":1159,"date":"2013-04-16T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/?page_id=1159"},"modified":"2017-10-24T17:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:00:44","slug":"the-kisabe-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/?page_id=1159","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 5 The Kisabe Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is said that the Kisabe castle was built here (currently the Kisabe area).<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the Sengoku<\/em> period (from the\u00a0middle of the 15th century to\u00a0the beginning\u00a0of the 16the century), the Kisabe<\/em> Castle was built in the\u00a0current Kisabe<\/em>\u00a0area. The Kisabe<\/em> Castle was a rare castle on a plain, although many castles were built on craggy peaks\u00a0due to defensive reasons.<\/p>\n

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The archaeological site of the Kisabe castle<\/p><\/div>\n

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It is said that the Kisabe<\/em> Castle was a wooden structure directly on ground unlike the Osaka<\/em> Castle and the Himeji<\/em> Castle, which were built on stone walls. The reason is that\u00a0the Osaka<\/em> Castle and the Himeji<\/em> Castle are castle models early in the 16th century. The Kisabe<\/em> Castle was allegedly a building in the middle of the 15th century and did not have a tower (Tenshukaku<\/em>) and a small keep (Sho Tenshu<\/em>) like castles in the beginning of the 16 century.<\/p>\n

Katano<\/em> is located in the Kawachi<\/em> area.\u00a0In the Muromachi<\/em> period, it used to be controlled by the Hatakeyama<\/em>, who was designated as the Kawachi Shugo Daimyo<\/em>. The ‘Shugo<\/em> Daimyo<\/em>s’ system developed in the Muromachi<\/em> period.\u00a0They had\u00a0not only military power\u00a0to enforce Muromachi<\/em> Shogunate’s orders and to reconcile conflicts between local land owners but also economic power to collect taxes.\u00a0But, Shugo\u00a0Daimyos<\/em>‘\u00a0subordinates, in effect, did\u00a0Daimyo’s<\/em> duties\u00a0in each\u00a0province since\u00a0Daimyos<\/em> controlled some separated areas and resided in Kyoto<\/em>\u00a0for quickly responding to Muromachi<\/em> Shogunate’s requests. Hence, the Kawachi Shugo Daimyo<\/em>, the Hatakeyama<\/em>,\u00a0also bade his subordinates (the Yusa<\/em>, the Kisawa<\/em>, and the Yasumi)<\/em>\u00a0govern the Kawachi<\/em> area. In three subordinates, the Yasumi<\/em> was in charge of the Katano<\/em> area.<\/p>\n

Kiyonori Yasumi <\/em>allegedly ordered the construction of the Kisabe<\/em> Castle in the Nanbokucho<\/em> period. However, there are no concrete materials proving the allegation. The chronicle of Nobunaga Oda<\/em>, ‘Shinchokoki<\/em>‘,\u00a0refers to the Kisabe<\/em> Castle.\u00a0It\u00a0is written\u00a0about the period\u00a0from 1568 to 1582 and is regarded as an important source to learn the Japanese medieval era, particularly the Sengoku<\/em> period. Hence, at least, the historical fact that the Kisabe<\/em> castle already existed in the middle of 16th century can be confirmed, although it is unclear when it was built.<\/p>\n

Katano\u00a0was on a significant\u00a0rode to access\u00a0from Kyoto and the central Osaka to Nara (see Image1). When Nobunaga Oda<\/em> initially came to Kyoto, hostile forces such as Ishiyama Honganji<\/em> in central Osaka, marchants in Sakai, and the Azai-Asakura<\/em> coalition in Echizen<\/em> remained. Particularly, in\u00a0the Nara area, Hisahide Matsunaga<\/em>, who was a superior strategist, attempted to\u00a0occupy\u00a0Katano\u00a0for making\u00a0a junction\u00a0under his control.<\/p>\n

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Image1.<\/strong> The Kisabe Castle laid on\u00a0an important\u00a0junction between Higashi Koya Kaido and Kaigake no Michi.<\/p>\n

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Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n

K., Nakai (2013) Kisabejyo: Sono Rekishi to Kozo<\/em> (The Kisabe Castle: Its History and Structure),\u00a0in Katano Bunkazai Dayori<\/em>, Katano Foundation of Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n

*I owe many thanks to Mr. Hideji Takao, who gave me\u00a0many useful\u00a0materials about the Kisabe Castle.<\/p>\n

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Go on to Chapter 5 the Kisabe Castle (part 2)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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                In the Sengoku period (from the\u00a0middle of the 15th century to\u00a0the beginning\u00a0of the 16the century), the Kisabe Castle was built in the\u00a0current Kisabe\u00a0area. The Kisabe Castle was a rare castle on a plain, although many castles were built on craggy peaks\u00a0due to defensive reasons.       […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":233,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4679,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1159\/revisions\/4679"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}