Let's discover history of Takeda Shrine!
Hello everyone!
I am Moe studying at Yamanashi Gakuin
University.
Time gose so fast. It's already 2019!
What did you do on new years day? And how
did ou spend on that day?
You may know that 2019 is an important year
for Japanese people. This year, the Japanese emperor abdicates and Heisei era
will be over on April 30. Not only Japanese people but also 2019 is the biggest
year for Kofu. Because, this year is the 500 years celebration of fundation of
Kofu.
There was a Tsutsujigasaki castle before
Takeda Shrine established. However, you can go back to the day when Yoshinobu
(Shingen's father) moved the castle to present day of Takeda Shrine. It has
been 500 years since Yoshinobu changed the place. Because of this actuion, Kofu
was founded! This is why 2019 is the biggest year for Kofu city!
So, I want to back to today's topic.
Do you know Takeda Shingen?
He is one of the famous poeple in Kofu who lived in Sengoku period.
Today, I would like to introduce about
interesting points of Takeda Shrine.
A history of Takeda Shrine is only 100
years. This shrine enshrine Takeda Shingen. It is because this place was used
to be a castle which called Tsutsujigasaki yakata. Actually, it does not have any luck to bring
to you but it is a famous shrine in Kofu and a lot of people visit there.
Then, who biult it?
The answer is a progeny of Shingen's wife.
The progeny was like "It was a castle and Shingen's wife is our ancient.
It brings that Shingen is also our relative. So why not to build a shrine for
him, and enshrine Shingen.
From now on, I will tell you some points
which you can ne a knowledgeable person!
Q: Where is the actual entranece of the
shrine?
or
A: as I said, it was used to be a catsle.
An entrance of the castle was the left picture!!
Next, look at this picture.
Next, look at this picture.
It shows a inside view of the castle. You
cannot see, but there is a word 曲輪 (kuruwa). It means
a room which has a square shape. Apparently, a gate of an entrance was wider
than nowadays. But, eventually, a size of a gate was getting narrow. There is a
great reason. When a group of enermy came to attack Takeda castle, if the gate
is narrow, the enermy need to stop, at the moment, Takeda army were able to
attack them.
How smart they are!!
More interesting history and stuff are
discovered.
From April, a history museum will open in
front of the red bridge (entrance).
I recommnend you to check it!
Did
you find interesting thing? Have a nice day!!
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