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人吉城は、球磨川の中流部、胸川との合流部に築かれたお城です。
人吉城の歴史は古く、鎌倉時代初めに遡ります。
源頼朝から築城の命を受けた、遠江国相良庄出身の相良長頼が築城したそうです。
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日本版の"人吉城址"の散策記は下記です：
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Hitoyoshi Castle is located in Hitoyoshi, the southern part of Kumamoto Prefecture.
Hitoyoshi Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, in the Kamakura Age (1185-1333), by SAGARA Nagayori(1177-1254). The SAGARA Clan were the castle lords until 1868, when the Edo Age (1603-1868) ended.
Hitoyoshi Castle is located at the confluence of the Kuma and Mune rivers.
You will see the view of Hitoyoshi Castle from the Ohashi Bridge.
The "Otemon-Yokonaga" Turret was rebuilt in 1995.
The architecture of the turret is as it was in the Edo Age.
You will feel the atmosphere of the Edo Age.
If you walk to the east along the "Kuma" River, you will see the "Mizunote" Gate.
The "Mizunote" Gate faces to the "Kuma" River.
If you walk further to the east, you will see the site of the "Oshita-Mon" Gate.
The "Oshita-Mon" Gate was the entrance for the third, second and the main baileys of Hitoyoshi Castle.
If you go up the stone stairs after passing through the "Oshita-Mon" Gate, you will arrive at the third bailey.
From the third bailey, you will go to the second bailey through the "Nakano-Gomon" Gate.
There used to be the two-storied gate on the stone walls at the "Nakano-Gomon" Gate.
After passing through the "Nakano-Gomon" Gate, you will arrive at the second bailey.
At the beginning of the Edo Age, the palace building for the castle lords was located.
However, the new palace building was built at the foot of the third bailey behind of the "Horiai-Mon" Gate in 1683.
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