Kasumigajo (Fukui) - Kasumigajo

…In 1779 (8th year of the An'ei era), a large-scale uprising occurred, involving over 10,000 people, and the headman and merchants in the castle town were destroyed. Maruoka Castle is also known as Kasumigajo Castle, and its double- and three-story castle tower (an important cultural property) was destroyed in the Fukui earthquake of 1948 but was restored and rebuilt. It is said to be the second oldest after Inuyama Castle. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kasumigajo (Fukui)" is listed below.

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…79年(安永8)には1万人以上が参加する大規模な一揆が起こり，大庄屋や城下の商人が打ちこわされた。なお丸岡城は霞ヶ城ともいい，二重三層の天守(重要文化財)は1948年の福井地震で倒壊したが修復･再建された。犬山城天守に次いで古いものといわれる。…

※「霞ヶ城（福井）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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