Title Himeji Castle

  • Hyogo
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins World Heritage (Natural or Cultural)
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
Himeji City
Associated Address:
68, Hommachi, Himeji-shi , Hyogo

姫路城

姫路城下町のほとんどの場所や建造物は現代の道路や建物に置き換えられたが、威風堂々と建つ白い天守が今も街を見守っている。姫路城は長きに渡った戦国時代の終わり頃、17世紀の始めに作られ、徳川将軍家の重要な権力の基盤であり、幕府によって任命された大名が西日本を実質的に支配していた。長く平和が続いた約250年の徳川幕府の統治にもかかわらず、櫓には1,000丁近い銃のための狭間が作られている。城郭群は日本の他のどの城郭よりもかつての姿をとどめている。天守に加えて小天守、さらに番所、櫓、百間廊下などを見ることもできる。家老やその家族が住む侍屋敷は消失したが、幾つかの残存した建造物からは江戸の支配階級の生活を知る手がかりを得ることができる。

ユネスコの世界遺産と国宝に指定されている。


Himeji Castle

Most of the Himeji’s castle town has been replaced by modern roads and buildings, but the castle’s white keep still watches over the city. Built at the start of the seventeenth century and at the close of a long period of civil war, Himeji Castle was a crucial power base for the Tokugawa shoguns, and their appointed daimyo lord was effectively in control of western Japan. Although the roughly 250 years of Tokugawa rule was characterized by peace, most of the fortress’s buildings were designed for warfare—nearly 1,000 gun and arrow slits dot the castle walls. The fortress contains more original buildings than any other Japanese castle today. In addition to the main keep, there are smaller subsidiary keeps, gatehouses, towers, and galleries. The mansions of the elite samurai families are lost, but the remaining structures hint at life among the Edo ruling class

The castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Treasure.


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