I had previously visited Kakegawa Castle, but at that time I didn't know about Kakegawako, the old Kakegawa Castle Ruins. It was an easy train ride to go back to Kakegawa.
It looks like spring time instead of January!
Here is the History of this castle from the JCastle website:
Kakegawakojō was built in 1473 by Asahina Yasuhiro (朝比奈泰煕) under the orders of his lord, Imagawa Yoshisada. Castellan Asahina Yasuyoshi would follow Yasuhiro. Kakegawakojō was abandoned or sidelined for a time with the construction of Kakegawajō by Yasuyoshi (until this time Kakegawakojō had of course been called 'Kakegawajō'), but it was repurposed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1569 when he attacked Kakegawajō, defended by Asahina Yasutomo, and used Kakegawakojō as a base from which to close the siege of Kakegawajō. There is some conflation during this period of Kakegawakojō and Kakegawajō, but Kakegawakojō was certainly abandoned by 1590 when Yamanōchi Kazutoyo, a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, built Kakegawajō as we see it today (more or less). The temple institution on the site of Kakegawakojō today dates to 1648 when Hōjō Ujishige, then lord of Kakegawajō, built it to enshrine Tokugawa Iemitsu.
This sign says something like - Serows have been seen. They are docile animals. Please take care not to provoke them.
It was only a 15 or 20 minute walk from the Kakegawa Station.
5 comments:
Hello Pamela: How amazing that a castle is still standing from the 1400s, even the grounds are amazing.
Thank-you for a bit of history about the amazing place.
Love the monkey sign so cute.
Catherine
Did you meet a sweet serow?
This looks like another good one. I had to look up serow -- they're very handsome animals. Did you see any during your visit?
Serows that live in this area appear in residential areas and make the news from time to time.
Looks like you are going to hit your castle quota again this year! Most important question though - did you see any Serows?
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