Kariya Castle

Japanese: 刈谷城 - かりやじょう

Hirajiro (castle on the plains ) was located in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture. Its correct name is Kariya Castle (the spelling of Kariya was changed when the city was established in 1950). It was built at the northern end of an inlet called Kinugawaura in the city. It was built by Mizuno Tadamasa in 1533 (Tenbun 2), who made it his new castle and moved his headquarters from Ogawa Castle (Higashiura Town, Chita County) (there are other theories about this). Tokugawa Ieyasu's real mother, Odai, was Tadamasa's daughter and moved from Kariya Castle to Matsudaira Hirotada (Ieyasu's father) of Okazaki Castle (Okazaki City). After Tadamasa's death, Nobumoto (Odai's older brother), who inherited the family headship, left the Imagawa clan and joined the Oda clan, so Odai was divorced from the Matsudaira family. In 1575 (Tensho 3), Nobumoto , the lord of Kariya Castle, was suspected of colluding with the Takeda clan due to slanderous accusations by Nobunaga's vassal, Sakuma Nobumori, and was killed by Ieyasu at Daijuji Temple in Okazaki by Nobunaga's orders. Nobumori became the lord of the castle in his place, but in 1580 (Tensho 8), Nobunaga banished Nobumori and returned Kariya Castle to Mizuno Tadashige (Nobumoto and Odai's younger brother). Tadashige was then transferred to Kobe Castle in Ise by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but returned to the lordship of Kariya Castle in 1594 (Bunroku 3). In 1600 (Keicho 5), Tadashige's son Mizuno Katsunari became the lord of Kariya Domain with a fief of 30,000 koku, made Kariya Castle his residence, and became the first lord of the Nishio Domain. After that, Katsunari was transferred to Yamatokoriyama, and in 1632 (Kan'ei 9) he was transferred to Yoshida Castle in Mikawa, so Katsunari's younger brother Tadakiyo became the lord of Kariya Domain (castle lord). After that, after the succession of the Fukamizo Matsudaira, Hisamatsu Matsudaira, Inagaki, Abe, Honda, and Miura clans, in 1747 (Enkyo 4) Doi Toshinobu, who was the lord of Nishio Castle in Mikawa, entered the castle, and the Doi clan continued for nine generations until the Meiji Restoration. With the abolition of the feudal domains and establishment of prefectures in 1871 (Meiji 4), Kariya Domain was abolished, and Kariya Castle was abandoned. Currently, the site of the main citadel of Kariya Castle has been developed as Kame Castle Park, and parts of the earthworks and moats surrounding the main citadel remain. It is about a 15-minute walk from Kariyashi Station on the Meitetsu Mikawa Line. ◇It is also called Kame Castle.

Source: Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles Information

Japanese:

愛知県刈谷市にあった平城(ひらじろ)。正しくは「刈屋城」である（刈谷の表記は、1950年の市制施行時に表記が改められたことによる）。同市内の衣ヶ浦とよばれる入江の北端に築かれていた。1533年（天文2）に水野忠政が築城し、忠政は同城を新たな居城に定めて、本拠地を緒川城（知多郡東浦町）から移した（これについては異説もある）。徳川家康の生母於大は忠政の娘で、刈谷城から岡崎城（岡崎市）の松平広忠（家康の父）に嫁した。忠政の死後、家督を継いだ信元（於大の兄）は今川氏を離れて織田方についたため、於大は松平家から離縁されている。刈谷城主の信元は1575年（天正3）、信長家臣・佐久間信盛の讒言(ざんげん)により武田氏との内通を疑われ、信長の命により岡崎の大樹寺で家康に殺害された。代わって信盛が城主となったが、信長は1580年（天正8）、信盛を追放し、水野忠重（信元・於大の弟）に刈谷城を返還した。その後、忠重は豊臣秀吉の命により伊勢の神戸城に移封されたが、1594年（文禄3）に再び刈谷城主に返り咲いている。1600年（慶長5）、忠重の子・水野勝成は刈谷3万石の藩主となり刈谷城を居城として、西尾藩の初代藩主となった。その後、勝成は大和郡山へ転封となり、1632年（寛永9）に三河吉田城に移封されるので勝成の弟・忠清が刈谷藩主（城主）となった。その後、深溝松平氏、久松松平氏、稲垣氏、阿部氏、本多氏、三浦氏の譜代大名を経て、1747年（延享4）に三河西尾城主だった土井利信が入城し、土井氏が9代続いて明治維新に至った。1871年（明治4）の廃藩置県とともに刈谷藩は廃され、刈谷城は廃城となった。現在、刈谷城の本丸跡が亀城公園として整備され、本丸を囲む土塁や水堀の一部が残っている。名鉄三河線刈谷市駅から徒歩約15分。◇亀城ともよばれる。

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