Toda family crest "Kuyo"
Amagasaki CastleAmagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture
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- Amagasaki Castle
| Other name | Kotoura Castle, Koto Castle, Amagaoka Castle |
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| castle construction | 1617 |
| address | 27 Kitajonai, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| telephone number | 06-6480-5646 |
| Opening hours | 9:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30) |
| closing day | Mondays (open if Monday is a holiday, closed the next day), New Year's holidays (December 29th to January 2nd) |
| Admission fee | Adults 500 yen / Elementary, junior high and high school students 250 yen |
- Access to Amagasaki Castle
- Approximately 5 minutes walk from Amagasaki Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line.
HISTORYAbout Amagasaki Castle
Read about incidents related to Amagasaki Castle
- Battle of Arioka CastleMurashige Araki betrays Nobunaga
- In October 1578, Oda Nobunaga suddenly received news. ``Araki Murashige has rebelled!'' Unbelieving, Nobunaga sends a messenger, but the rebellion turns out to be true. This is how the ``Battle of Arioka Castle'' between the Oda army and the Araki army began.
Read biographies related to Amagasaki Castle
- Takakuni HosokawaFixer in the first half of the Sengoku period
- After the Onin War during the Muromachi period, Japan entered the Warring States period. By the way, in the first half of the period known as the Sengoku period, Kyoto became a chaotic time as the shoguns and the Kanrei Hosokawa family dispersed and gathered together. In particular, Takakuni Hosokawa was at the center of this. Takakuni Hosokawa is thin
History of the Amagasaki clan, whose domain is Amagasaki Castle
| Domain office | Edo castle |
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| old area | Settsu Province Kawabe District, Muko District, Ubara District, Hachibe District |
| stone height | 50,000 koku |
| Fudai/Tozama | Sotosama/Fudai |
| main lord | Takebe family, Ikeda family, Toda family, Aoyama family, Matsudaira family |
| Estimated population | 50,000 people (first year of the Meiji era) |
