Sunpu Castle
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mullyman
N 34° 58.662 E 138° 23.118
54S E 261310 N 3873693
Castle of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sunpu Park
Waymark Code: WMF4Q2
Location: Shizuoka, Japan
Date Posted: 08/22/2012
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Sunpu Castle is a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle of the Floating Isle." It was also referred to as Fuchu Castle or Shizuoka Castle.
During the Muromachi period, the Imagawa clan ruled Suruga province from their base at Sunpu (modern-day Shizuoka City). It is not certain exactly when this castle was built on this site. After Imagawa Yoshimoto was defeated at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, Suruga Province passed to the Takeda clan, and then to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had spent his youth in Sunpu as Yoshimoto's hostage.
In 1585, Ieyasu constructed a new Sunpu Castle on the approximate site of the former fortified Imagawa residence. He took up residence at the castle in 1586, along with his favored consort, Lady Saigo, and their two sons, Hidetada and Tadayoshi. Lady Saigo died at Sunpu Castle in 1589. After the defeat of the Late Hojo clan at the Battle of Odawara by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ieyasu was forced to change his domains in the Tokai region with the provinces of the Kanto region, and turned Sunpu Castle over to Toyotomi retainer Nakamura Kazuichi in 1590. It is rumored that Tokugawa Ieyasu's remains are somewhere within the grounds of the castle.
Accessibility: Full access
Condition: Partly ruined
Admission Charge?: no
Website: [Web Link]
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