Tokugawa family crest "three hollyhocks"
Yodo CastleKyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
| Other name | Ten Castle, Shinyodo Castle |
|---|---|
| castle construction | 1623 |
| address | 167 Yodohonmachi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture |
- Access to Yodo Castle
- About 4 minutes walk from Yodo Station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line.
HISTORYAbout Yodo Castle
Read about incidents related to Yodo Castle
- Battle of YamazakiThe end of Mitsuhide Akechi's "Three Days of Tenka"
- On June 2, 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide defeated Oda Nobunaga in the Honnoji Incident. Afterwards, Mitsuhide and Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi, who returned to Kyoto in the ``Chugoku Daigaeshi'', traveled from Yamazaki (present-day Oyamazaki Town, Otokuni District, Kyoto Prefecture) to Shoryuji Castle on June 13th.
Read biographies related to Yodo Castle
- Yodo-dono (Yodo-kun/Chacha)The end brought on by a woman who was called an evil woman
- The late Muromachi period was an era called the Sengoku period. There were three princesses in the Asai family of Kitaomi. The eldest of the three sisters was Chacha Asai, later known as Yodo. Yodo lost his biological father Nagamasa Asai and adoptive father Katsuie Shibata one after another, and became Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine.
History of the Yodo Domain, with Yodo Castle as its domain office
| Domain office | Yodo Castle |
|---|---|
| old area | Kuze District, Yamashiro Province |
| stone height | 102,000 koku |
| Fudai/Tozama | Parent domain/fudai |
| main lord | Matsudaira family, Nagai family, Ishikawa family, Inaba family |
| Estimated population | 73,000 people (first year of the Meiji era) |
