Fukuyama Castle (Bingo Province)

Infobox Military Structure
name=Fukuyama Castle
福山城
partof=
location=Fukuyama, Japan


caption=Reconstructed main keep.
type=Azuchi-Momoyama castle
built=1619-1622, rebuilt 1966
builder=Mizuno Katsunari
materials=stone, wood, plaster walls (original); concrete, steel, wood, stone, plaster (reconstruction)
height=(five stories)
used=1622-1874
demolished=8 August, 1945
condition=Reconstructed, serves as history museum
controlledby=Mizuno clan (1622-1698),
Marugame han (1698-1700),
Matsudaira Tadamasa (1700-1710),
Abe clan (1710-1874),
Japan (1874-present)
garrison=
commanders=
battles=

nihongo|Fukuyama Castle|福山城|Fukuyama-jō, sometimes called nihongo|Hisamatsu Castle|久松城|Hisamatsu-jō or nihongo|Iyō Castle|葦陽城|Iyō-jō was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period of Japanese history.The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.

Overview

The castle was built on a hill in Fukuyama plain and it was the capital of Bingo Fukuyama Han.The construction was started in 1619 during the Genna era.There were doubled Moat around the castle and an inlet lead into Seto Inland Sea.Most buildings of the castle was destroyed during World War II.And most of the Dry stone was removed, so now there is Fukuyama Station near the castle.The main building was rebuilt in 1966.

ee also

*Japanese castle

Literature

*cite book | title=Castles in Japan| last=Schmorleitz| first=Morton S.| date=1974| pages= | publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Co.| location=Tokyo| id=ISBN 0-8084-1102-4