2016 Taiga Drama "Sanada Maru" Was very popular.
Yukimura Sanada Has been popular for a long time, but you've become even more mature.
This time, the Sanada family's castle "Ueda Castle" I will introduce about.
Ieyasu Tokugawa Yukimura's father, Sanada Masayuki Will build a castle, but later the Tokugawa army was defeated by this castle twice Will be done.
It's funny, is not it?
Let's go.
When and why was Ueda Castle built?
Sanada is a vassal of Shingen Takeda!
The Sanada family was originally a Sengoku warlord, Takeda Shingen Was a vassal of Mr.
Mr. Takeda is Nobunaga Oda ・ Ieyasu Tokugawa had an overwhelming advantage over the Allied Forces, but 1573, Suddenly Shingen-san died of illness , The reign of the family is Shingen's 4th son, Katsuyori Takeda Will take over.
However, when Shingen died, the Oda-Tokugawa Allied Forces revived, 1575, . " Nagashino " famous for Nobunaga's gun corps vs Takeda cavalry Battle " Will occur.
In this battle, the Sanada clan killed Yukimura's father and Masayuki's two older brothers Masayuki, who was the third son, succeeded the Sanada clan's reign . It is.
To Nobunaga Oda's vassal!
1582 , Takeda is destroyed by Nobunaga Oda's "Conquest of Koshu" ..
The land that was the territory of Takeda and was governed by the Sanada clan ( Shinano Province ) And Kozuke Ueno Border) belongs to Oda.
Masayuki, the head of the Sanada clan, decides to become a vassal of Oda Did.
However, three months later, Oda's vassal, Akechi Mitsuhide Nobunaga commits suicide at Honnoji due to his rebellion I have done it.
Famous "Honnoji Incident" is not it.
Originally, the land governed by the Sanada clan was a very unstable area on the border of Takeda, Uesugi, and Hojo.
When Nobunaga died, Nobunaga's vassal, Kazumasu Takigawa Mr. Hojo is attacking this land that he ruled.
Ichimasu's rout. The Oda territory (former Takeda territory) became blank, and Uesugi from the north, Tokugawa from the south, and Hojo from the east invaded.
The construction of Ueda Castle begins at the behest of Ieyasu Tokugawa!
At that time, the Sanada family belonged to the Hojo clan, but they separated and were under the Tokugawa . It will be.
1583 , Against Ueda attacking from the north, Ieyasu Tokugawa ordered "Ueda Castle" to be built in Ueda, Shinano Province let's start doing .... Ieyasu will bear the materials, personnel, and money.
Peace was established between Tokugawa and Hojo, but the condition was the delivery of Numata Castle in Kozuke, which was governed by the Sanada clan.
The Sanada clan showed a fierce opposition to this, and communicated with Uesugi who was in a hostile relationship . It will be.
When Ieyasu learned of the Sanada clan's rebellion, he sent 7,000 soldiers to Ueda Castle.
Two battles with Tokugawa "Ueda Battle"!
The first Ueda battle!
1585 , Ieyasu sent 7,000 troops to Ueda Castle, while Sanada's troops were just under 2,000.
Masayuki Sanada is in Ueda Castle with his eldest son Nobuyuki Will siege at Toishi Castle next to Ueda Castle.
Masayuki's wisdom overturns the overwhelming disadvantage of numbers.
Taking advantage of the land, Masayuki pushed back the Tokugawa army that had attacked Ueda Castle, and Nobuyuki Toishi Castle also attacked from the side, and took advantage of the flooding of Kamikawa behind the Tokugawa army to win a big victory at once. I made it.
The damage to the Sanada army was about 40, compared to the damage to the Tokugawa army 1300.
It was a battle in which Sanada's name roared around the world.
Mr. Ieyasu's evaluation of Sanada also increased, and it became the reason for the marriage of Mr. Ieyasu's vassal's daughter and Mr. Nobuyuki.
This is also an opportunity for Sanada's parents and children to part and fight in the Battle of Sekigahara.
The second Ueda battle!
The Sanada family, Tokugawa, Uesugi, etc. Toyotomi Hideyoshi I will obey him and unify the world.
However, when Hideyoshi died of illness in 1598, Ieyasu emerged.
The country is divided into the East Army and the West Army, and the battle of Sekigahara begins in 1600 Did.
The Sanada clan will be joined by Masayuki and Yukimura in the West Army, and Nobuyuki in the East Army, Ieyasu.
It's because the Sanada family survives no matter which one wins.
Ieyasu's third son, later the second shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Hidetada Tokugawa On the way to Sekigahara, the 38,000 troops led by Mr. Masayuki and Mr. Yukimura of Ueda Castle and 3,000 soldiers stand there.
The Yukimura army, who was guarding Toishi Castle, is attacked by his brother, Nobuyuki, but Mr. Yukimura easily surrenders the castle.
Many of the Tokugawa troops did not believe in Nobuyuki yet, and it was also to avoid the strategy of Mr. Yukimura who sensed his heart and the conflict between his clan members.
Hidetada, who dropped Toishi Castle, started to capture Ueda Castle at once, but this time too, he fell in love with Masayuki's wisdom and was unable to attack at all.
When I did this, Ieyasu said "Get to Sekigahara by September 9th!" You will receive a letter.
Hidetada gave up the capture of Ueda Castle and headed for Sekigahara, but he made a big mistake that he could not make it in time for the start of the war on September 15.
Isn't the current Ueda Castle built by the Sanada family?
The eldest son, Nobuyuki Sanada, rules!
Masayuki and Yukimura, who sided with the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, were defeated, so Kudoyama I will be exiled to (currently Wakayama).
And all Ueda Castle was destroyed by the Tokugawa army.
The land of Sanada will be given to the eldest son, Nobuyuki, who was on the side of the East Army. "Nobuyuki" renamed the same character "Sachi" as his father.
In 1621, Nobuyuki applied to the Shogunate for the redevelopment of Ueda Castle, but it was rejected.
The following year, Shinano Province Matsushiro It was transferred to. It's in the neighboring country.
Tadamasa Sengoku rebuilds Ueda Castle!
It was Tadamasa Sengoku who entered Ueda on behalf of Nobuyuki. A person named Mr.
This Tadamasa participated as the Tokugawa army during the second Ueda battle. What a meeting.
1626 , Apply for reconstruction of Ueda Castle, which is still destroyed, start new construction To do.
The foundation of Ueda Castle that remains today will be built around this time.
However, two years after the construction of the castle started, Mr. Tadamasa died of illness after the completion of Ueda Castle, and the construction was interrupted on the way.
In 1706, Mr. Matsudaira came to Ueda in place of Mr. Sengoku, but Ueda Castle will reach the end of the Edo period without any further expansion.
Features of Ueda Castle that still remain!
1 turret gate and 3 turrets
turret Is a kind of lookout stand for listening to the enemy from the castle and shooting at the enemy.
Ueda Castle was completely destroyed in the Battle of Sekigahara, but when Mr. Sengoku entered the area, two turrets and seven turrets were built.
However, with the death of Tadamasa Sengoku, Ueda Castle was not expanded any further.
In the Meiji era, one turret was left on the west side, two were sold and relocated to another, and the other four turrets and two turrets were destroyed.
In the Showa era, the two turrets that had been sold became the current south and north turrets, and in Heisei, one turret gate was restored to become the current Ueda Castle.
The west turret, which is located on the west side, is a particularly valuable building because it looks like it was in the Sengoku era.
Since the turret gate of Ueda Castle will appear in the 2009 movie "Summer Wars", it is also a place visited by many fans in addition to Sanada's popularity.
Sanadaishi
A large stone is embedded in the stone wall on the right side of the yaguramon.
The eldest son of the Sanada clan, Nobuyuki, tried to take it as a keepsake of his father when he was transferred to Matsushiro, but he said he did not make a slight movement.
That means that this stone wall is from the Sanada era. The people of the Sanada family are definitely touching it.
Sanada Well
A well is left near the west turret, but it is said that this well used to lead to a mountain fort to the north of the castle and a mansion outside Ueda Castle.
Summary
This time, we introduced "Ueda Castle," which is also the castle of the Sanada family.
The ones left are from the Sengoku era, but there are remnants of the Sanada era everywhere, so it's a very interesting place to visit.
As a recommendation, listening to the guide's explanation is more interesting than looking at it individually.
For example, there are south and north turrets at both ends of the yaguramon, but the north turret is a few meters ahead.
This seems to make it easier to shoot enemies approaching the castle gate from the north turret.
If you didn't listen to the story, you wouldn't even notice what was happening before.