Obi Castle
Obi Castle is a Japanese castle, which was originally completed in 1588. It was founded by the Tsuchimochi clan in Nanboku-cho Period, but most of its structure comes from the mid-1400s. It featured prominently in conflicts between the Ito and Shimazu Clan. It was in initially in Shimazu hands, until lost to the Ito clan in 1587. The Ito clan continued to rule it until the Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ..., expanding it and making it more defendable, with the castle town protected on three sides by the Sakatani river. A domain called Obi Domain was ruled from the castle. After some neglect, the castle was completely refurbished in the late 1970s. During the castle refurbishment, work was also done on the castle town. The work on the town brings it int ...
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Meiji Period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society caused many disaffected traditionalists from the former samurai ...
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Obi Domain
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