I can’t believe the stone walls of Takeda Castle have been left intact for over 400 years since the it was abandoned. Although they have been often repaired and maintained. I still can’t understand why they have been intact for so long.
廃城となって４００年以上も経つのに、石垣がそのままのごとく残っていることがいまだに信じられません。頻繁に修繕され維持されているにしても、こんなに長い間石垣だけが残っている理由が見つけられないでいます。
The current tourist route is very similar to the bypass route the castle originally had. Hence, the route for the defenders of the castle in the past makes it possible for current visitors of the ruins to move smoothly as well.
現在の見学ルートは、城にもとからあったバイパスルートをほぼなぞって設定されています。つまり、過去に城の守備兵のために作った通路が、現在のビジターが城跡をスムーズに移動するためにも役立っているのです。
Masahiro Saimura, who completed Takeda Castle, only earned 22 thousand koku of rice, which meant he could not afford to build great stone walls at the castle. It is considered that the construction of castle was backed up by Hideyoshi.
竹田城を完成させた斎村政広の領地は２万２千石で、城の豪華な石垣を築き維持していくには少なすぎる石高でした。よって、この城の建設には豊臣秀吉のバックアップがあったものとされています。
As long as looking at the stone wall base for the Main Tower of Fukuchiyama Castle, Mitsuhide Akechi seems to have followed a policy of Nobunaga Oda’s castle constructions. That means Mitsuhide was a follower of Nobunaga.
The southwestern side of the stone wall base of the Main Tower is covered with many diverted stones and some of them are used for its corners. Why did Mitsuhide use them for the important part of the tower?
天守台石垣の南西の辺りは多くの転用石に覆われていて、天守台の隅石としても使われています。なぜ光秀はこんなにも多くの転用石を使い、しかも天守の重要な部分にはめ込んだのでしょうか。
Mitsuhide Akechi spent 5 years to get Tanba Province back. What he did after the conquer of the province was to build Fukuchiyama Castle.
After seeing the restored Main Gate and Corner Turret, I would like the city to restore the Three-level Turret as the Main Tower of the castle as well.