Hiroshima Castle / Another name (Carp Castle) / Japan's 100 Famous Castles /

Description

Hiroshima Castle is a Japanese castle built in Hiroshima, Sato District, Aki Province, from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the Edo period.
It has been designated as a national historic site.

100 famous castles in Japan.
Japan's three major flat castles (Nagoya Castle, Okayama Castle, Hiroshima Castle)

Hiroshima Castle is a castle built by Terumoto Mori.
It is said that it was modeled after Jurakudai, and Kanbei Kuroda supported it when it was built.
It is said that when it was first completed, it was comparable in scale to Osaka Castle at the time, and is known as one of the representative early modern castles, along with Osaka Castle and Okayama Castle.

The origin of Hiroshima Castle's other name, "Koijo", is
There are various theories, such as that this area was called ``Koi-no-ura'' or that there were a lot of carp in the moat.

Remains: Stone walls, moats, castle lords: Mori clan, Fukushima clan, Asano clan

[Castle seal] Castle commemoration certificate ③ Hiroshima Castle/Gold "Hiroshima Castle" Motif of Hiroshima Castle's successive castle lord family crest (Western gold leaf)

A folding screen merchant located in Hiroshima Castle during the Edo period,
We started developing foil-stamped paper using western gold leaf (brass foil) and succeeded in commercializing gold paper, which does not discolor like real gold leaf, for the first time in Japan. Genuine castle seals are made using Western gold leaf and tin leaf.
The seams between the foils may be visible on the surface, but this is not a defect and is by design.

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Type: Temple/Shrine

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