1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of Aki Koriyama Castle and Castle Town (Yoshida) in the Sengoku Period.
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07610341
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
AKIYAMA Nobutaka Hiroshima Women's University, Faculty of Intercultural communication, Associate Professor, 国際文化学部, 助教授 (60142337)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Keywords | castle / Sengoku daimyou / Mori familly / castle town / Koriyamajyo |
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| Research Abstract |
The remains of castles and castle towns in the Sengoku Period were studied to throw light on their actual conditions, employing the field work based on the results excavation reseach and the method of historical examination of castle development.
The Mori family began building Koriyama Castle in the latter half of the 15th century. Mori Motonari enlarged the castle all over Mt.Koriyama. The mountaintop was called Siro, and the foot of mounntain was called Fumoto or Sato. Motonari and Takamoto lived in Siro with his administrators (Bugyounin). Fumoto was residential quarters of their retainers (Satosyu)
Mori Terumoto made extensive repairs on the castle and castle town in the Toyotomi Period. But he decided to build new castl town (Hiroshima) in 1558.
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