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Image:Kokura castle keep.jpg, The keep or donjon of Kokura Castle
Image:Kokura castle.JPG, Closer look at east side of the castle
Image:Kokura castle sakura.JPG, Cherry blossoms ( sakura) and the keep of Kokura Castle, March 2002
Image:Kokura-jo.JPG, Kokura castle
Image:Kokura castle info.JPG, Kokura Castle floors information
Image:Old Shirasu lighthouse.JPG, The old Shirasu lighthouse
Kokura Castle
- Kitakyushu film commission
(Japanese)
(English)
- Japan Kyushu Tourist {{Authority control 1602 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu Castles in Fukuoka Prefecture Museums in Fukuoka Prefecture Ogasawara clan Ōshū-Hosokawa clan Tourist attractions in Kitakyushu
is a castle in Kitakyushu
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one o ...
, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
. It was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki starting in 1602, with construction completed in 1608.
History
Construction of Kokura Castle began in 1602 and was completed in 1608. It was the property of the Ogasawara clan (from Harima) between 1632 and 1860. The castle burnt down from a fire in 1837, with parts of it rebuilt in 1839. The castle was burnt down intentionally in 1866 by retreating Kokura troops during its skirmish against the Chōshū clan during the Second Chōshū expedition. Mori Ōgai was based at the castle at the turn of the 20th century, when it was a military base. The keep was reconstructed in 1959, and the castle was fully restored in 1990.Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum
The is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu. The museum is located next to Kokura Castle.
Features of the Museum
The museum displays exhibits and g ...
and castle garden were opened in 1998.
Location
The castle is about a ten-minute walk fromJR Kyushu
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Str ...
's Kokura Station.
The north side of the moat is next to the Riverwalk shopping complex (completed in 2003).
Attractions
The castle keep contains a modern folkloric museum and admission is charged to the keep (350 yen), garden (300 yen) and Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum (600 yen). A joint ticket to the three attractions costs 700 yen. The keep is not an accurate reconstruction. When it was reconstructed in 1959, the designers opted for a more aesthetically appealing design instead of faithfully rebuilding the simpler structure that once stood on the site. Kokura Castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017. An old Japanese-style pre-Brunton Brunton may refer to:
Places
*Brunton, Northumberland, England (near Alnwick)
*Low Brunton, Northumberland, England (near Hexham)
* Brunton, Wiltshire, England
* Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett, Hertfordshire, England
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lighthouse from Shirasu (白洲) is on the castle grounds.
Literature
* * *See also
*Furuichi Ryōwa
Furuichi Ryōwa was a tea master from the Edo Period and 4th generation ''iemoto'' (grand master) of the Ogasawara Ko-ryū school of chanoyu.
Ryōwa had a close friendship with Furuta Oribe and received secret teachings of chanoyu from Oribe. This ...
External links
Kokura Castle
- Kitakyushu film commission
(Japanese)
(English)
- Japan Kyushu Tourist {{Authority control 1602 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Kitakyushu Castles in Fukuoka Prefecture Museums in Fukuoka Prefecture Ogasawara clan Ōshū-Hosokawa clan Tourist attractions in Kitakyushu