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Hamada Castle

Hamada Castle is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

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Hamada Castle
浜田城
Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Stone wall of Sannomaru base
Site information
TypeMountaintop-style castle
OwnerHonda clan
Conditionruins
Location
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Coordinates34°54′10″N 132°04′24″E / 34.902908°N 132.073325°E / 34.902908; 132.073325
Site history
Built1620
Built byFuruta Shigeharu
MaterialsStone walls
Demolished1866
Garrison information
Past commanders
Furuta Shigeharu

Hamada Castle (浜田城, Hamada-jō) is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.12

Stone wall of Sannomaru base source ↗

Current

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks.3 In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.4

Gokoku Shrine

Hamada Gokoku Shrine
濱田護國神社
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Type
Gokoku shrine
(Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Hamada Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.5 It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.6 Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939.7 It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle.86

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田市観光協会 Official. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田開府400年. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "浜田城跡" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. "別表神社とは?御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. "濱田護國神社 | はまナビ 浜田市観光協会公式サイト".
  7. TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. doi:10.1093/jcs/32.3.527. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 23917081.
  8. "Ruins of Hamada Castle". handejapan19.html.xdomain.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

Literature

  • De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.