Museums in Shizuoka Prefecture - Kakegawa Castle, Hamamatsu Castle, Yokosuka Castle, Toi Gold Museum, Sakuma Rail Park, Moa Museum of Art (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Kakegawa Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first Kakegawa Castle was built by Asahina Yasuhiro in the Bunmei era (1469-1487), a retainer of the warlord Imagawa Yoshitada to consolidate his holdings over Ttmi Province. The castle remained in the hands of the succeeding generations of the Asahina clan. After the defeat of the Imagawa clan at the Battle of Okehazama, the former Imagawa territories were divided between Takeda Shingen of Kai and Tokugawa Ieyasu of Mikawa. Kakegawa Castle was surrendered to Tokugawa forces in 1568 by Asahina Yasutomo without resistance. The surrounding area remained a territory contested between the Tokugawa and Takeda for many years; however, Kakegawa Castle remained in Tokugawa hands until the fall of the Takeda clan. After the Battle of Odawara in 1590 and the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu was forced to trade his domains in the Tkai region for the Kant region instead. Kakegawa was relinquished to Toyotomi retainer Yamauchi Kazutoyo as the center of a new 51,000 koku (later 59,000 koku) domain. Yamauchi Kazutoyo completely rebuilt the castle per the latest contemporary designs, and the current layout and much of the stone walls and moats date from his period. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tokugawa recovered their lost territories, and reassigned Ttmi to various fudai daimy. The Yamauchi clan was reassigned to Kchi in Shikoku, and Kakegawa was assigned initially to Hisamatsu Sadakatsu. Over the years, numerous daimy clans ruled Kakegawa Domain, ending with seven generations of the Ota clan. The keep built by the Yamauchi was destroyed in an earthquake in 1604, and reconstructed in 1621. The castle was kept in repair through the Bakumats... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17263212