Fushimi Castle

Fushimi Castle
伏見城
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Castle 伏見城 is located in Kyoto Prefecture
Fushimi Castle 伏見城
Fushimi Castle
伏見城
Fushimi Castle 伏見城 is located in Japan
Fushimi Castle 伏見城
Fushimi Castle
伏見城
TypeAzuchi-Momoyama castle
Site information
Controlled byToyotomi Hideyoshi (1592–1598)
Torii Mototada (1598–1600)
Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1623)
Japan (1964–present)
ConditionReconstructed; buildings closed to the public since 2003
Site history
Built1592–1594, rebuilt late 1590s, again in 1964
Built byToyotomi Hideyoshi (original)
In use1592–1623
Materialsstone, wood, plaster, gold
Demolished1596 by an earthquake; dismantled 1623

Fushimi Castle (伏見城, Fushimi-jō), also known as Momoyama Castle (桃山城, Momoyama-jō) or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.

Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence. Fushimi Castle was destroyed in the 1596 Keichō–Fushimi earthquake and rebuilt before eventually being demolished in 1623 and its site later used for the tomb of Emperor Meiji. The current Fushimi Castle is a replica constructed in 1964 near the original site in Fushimi.[1]

The Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history partially takes its name from Fushimi Castle.

  1. ^ "Fushimi Castle". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2015-08-17.