Kawashima Castle is one of the nine castles of Awa. Kawashima Koretada built the castle, and later Yoshikatsu Hayashi, a vassal of Hachisuka Iemasa, became the castle's lord.
Access to Kawashima Castle
About 10 minutes walk from JR "Awa Kawashima" station.
History of the Tokushima domain, whose residence is Kawashima Castle
Tokushima domainRuled by the Hachisuka family from the end of the Sengoku period.
Shimahan was a domain that ruled Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island throughout the Edo period. It is a rare domain, with the Hachisuka clan having its origins in Iemasa Hachisuka, who was given this land by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for his achievements in the conquest of Shikoku at the end of the Sengoku period, and continued to be ruled by the Hachisuka family until the Meiji Restoration. That
