- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1599 · 16th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Ōita Prefecture, Japan
- Coordinates
- 33.2401°, 131.6114°
History
In 1597 Fukuhara Naotaka, to whom Toyotomi Hideyoshi had entrusted the old provincial capital of Bungo, began building a new castle on Beppu Bay, at a spot called Niage where ships unloaded their cargo. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 the domain went to Takenaka Shigetoshi, who completed and enlarged the stronghold, adding a four-storey keep. In 1658 the castle passed to the Ōgyū-Matsudaira clan, who ruled the Funai domain until the Meiji reforms. The keep burned down in a great fire in 1743 and was never rebuilt. After the domains were abolished in 1871 most of the buildings were demolished, and the grounds were given over to a park and government offices.
What to see
In the very heart of Ōita the stone walls still rise straight out of a broad moat, topped by two original Edo-period corner turrets, the Hitojichi-yagura and the Shūmon-yagura. A reconstructed Ōte-mon gate and a roofed corridor bridge lead into the former main bailey. The grounds are now a park, and a promenade runs along the moat with views of the walls.
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