Akashi Castle

Akashi Castle is a Japanese castle in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This citadel was constructed by way of Ogasawara Tadazane as his very own fortress from 1617 to 1619 to observe over the western lords, via the order of Tokugawa Hidetada, on Mount Akamatsu. It is thought Miyamoto Musashi helped too as he turned into invited with the aid of Ogasawara Tadanao as a Construction Supervisor. The fortress changed into constructed in year, which was a enormously quick amount of time.

This was executed so fast due to the fact due to a 1615 regulation mandating one fortress in line with clan, many castles have been dismantled and parts of some were used to construct Akashi Castle. The fort was built in Akashi, which become an important strategic point among Osaka and western Japan, in which many main tozama daimyu had their feudal estates. Akashi Castle turned into anticipated to play the position of a key staging factor to prevent a hypothetical invasion of Osaka. Akashi citadel underwent fundamental maintenance in 1739, and changed into demolished via the Meiji Government in 1874.