Akaogi Castle (Tanegashima Castle) [Castle Special Topic Japanese History]

赤尾木城(種子島城)/アクセス・場所・地図 種子島氏が代々治めた鉄砲伝来の地 赤尾木城【お城特集 日本の歴史】

[Castle name]
Akaogi Castle
Tanegashima ruled over the place where the guns got through Akagi Castle.

[Description]
Early in the Kamakura period, the grandson of Tairano Kiyomori “Tairano Yukimori” got adopted “Hojou Tokimasa” and entered Tanegashima named “Hojo Tokinobu” as the beginning of Tanegashima. The time of construction of Akatagi Castle is unknown, but it was called “Tanegashima” at the time of the 6th generation owner “Tokimitsu”.

赤尾木城(種子島城)/アクセス・場所・地図 種子島氏が代々治めた鉄砲伝来の地 赤尾木城【お城特集 日本の歴史】

Ouei 15th year (1408) The eighth generation “Seiji” is given Yakushima from Satsuma guardian “Shimazu Motohisa”. And a gun is transmitted from Portugal in 14th age of Tenmon (1543) “Torikata”. He continued to follow Shimazu afterwards and was transferred to Satsuma country expert accompanied by “Taiko Kenichi” which was held in Bunroku 4 years (1595).

※Tanegashima Tokitaka statue
赤尾木城(種子島城)/アクセス・場所・地図 種子島氏が代々治めた鉄砲伝来の地 赤尾木城【お城特集 日本の歴史】

In the third year of Keicho (1598), he was appointed as a chief retainer of the Satsuma clan, and he received 10,000 jewels for generations. Next, in the fourth year of Keicho (1599), it was returned from the knowledge to Tanegashima of the former, and then Tanegashima was defined throughout the Edo period. However, the owner was obliged to have a castle in Kagoshima (Tsurumaru castle).

赤尾木城(種子島城)/アクセス・場所・地図 種子島氏が代々治めた鉄砲伝来の地 赤尾木城【お城特集 日本の歴史】

The current Akaogi Castle Ruins has become “Youjou Elementary School”, and the remains such as Stonewalls are left.






[Address,access]
Kagoshima prefecture Nishinoomote city Youjou middleschool

[Map]





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