盛岡城を横目に見ながら With a sideways glance at Morioka Castle

 

盛岡市の中心部に進んでいくと、右手にかつての盛岡城のお堀と思しき、亀が池が見えてきた。

盛岡市に限らず、かつての江戸時代の城下町は、町の区画整理がきれいに整えられているので、歩いていても気持ちがいい。

As I headed towards the centre of Morioka city, I came across Kamegaike Pond on my right, which I think was once the moat of Morioka Castle.

Not just in Morioka city, but in castle towns from the Edo period, the towns are neatly laid out and well-planned, making it a pleasant place to walk around.



城の三の丸に続く入り口は、工事中のために通り抜けができなくなっていた。

この盛岡城は、南部氏の居城で、安土桃山時代から、江戸時代が終わるまで、この知を治めていたお城だった。

南部氏は、清和源氏の流れを汲む一族で、かつては甲斐地方に暮らしていたが、源頼朝の奥州征伐に同行し、残ってこの地を与えられた。

南北朝時代には、この地を収めた北畠顕家に従い、足利尊氏の討伐にも参加した。

安土桃山時代になると、南部信直が豊臣秀吉に近い前田利家に接近し、小田原征伐に参戦し、豊臣秀吉から所領を安堵された。

南部氏の居城は、それまではもっと北の場所にあったが、浅野長政の助言により、南部信直は今の盛岡の地に新たな居城を築くことにした。

信直はその姿を目にすることはなく、子の利直の時代にこの城は完成した。

The entrance to the castle's Sannomaru was closed due to construction work.

Morioka Castle was the residence of the Nanbu clan, and ruled the area from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the end of the Edo period.

The Nanbu clan is a clan descended from the Seiwa Genji clan, and once lived in the Kai region, but accompanied Minamoto no Yoritomo on his conquest of Oshu, and remained there and were given this land.

During the Nanboku-cho period, they followed Kitabatake Akiie, who ruled the area, and also participated in the subjugation of Ashikaga Takauji.

During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Nanbu Nobunao approached Maeda Toshiie, who was close to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and participated in the Odawara Conquest, and was granted his territory by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Until then, the Nanbu clan's residence had been located further north, but on the advice of Asano Nagamasa, Nanbu Nobunao decided to build a new residence in the current Morioka area.

Nobunao never saw the castle come to fruition, and it was completed during the reign of his son, Toshinao.




三の丸への入り口を入らずにそのまま進むと、櫻山神社が見えてきた。

この神社は、8代目の盛岡藩藩主が、藩祖の南部信直を祀って建てた神社で、訪れた時はちょうど七五三の宮詣が行われている時期だった。

南部信直が南部家を相続した際は、本家の血筋が絶えて相続問題があり、信直は一族の九戸家と争った。

それがやがて、九戸政実の乱の遠因となるのだが、その乱につては、また場所を改めて取り上げることにする。

If you continue straight ahead without entering the Sannomaru entrance, Sakurayama Shrine will come into view.

This shrine was built by the 8th lord of Morioka domain to enshrine the domain's founder, Nanbu Nobunao, and when I visited, it was around the time of the Shichigosan shrine visit.

When Nanbu Nobunao inherited the Nanbu family, the main family line had died out and there was an inheritance issue, and Nobunao fought with the Kunohe family, a related family.

This would eventually become the indirect cause of the Kunohe Masazane Rebellion, but I will cover that rebellion again at another time, and its location.




南部氏は、幕末の戊辰戦争の際には、奥州列藩同盟に参加し、新政府側と対峙したが、南部藩が主戦場となることなく、仙台藩や会津藩に続いて、最後に新政府軍に降伏した。

この城は、その後、陸軍省の所管となり、老朽化していた建物などは全て解体された。

土地は南部氏に払い下げられたが、岩手県が買取り、現在この地は、盛岡城跡公園となっている。

During the Boshin War at the end of the Edo period, the Nanbu clan participated in the Oshu League of Feudal Domains and faced off against the new government, but the Nanbu clan did not become the main battlefield, and it was the last to surrender to the new government forces, following in the footsteps of the Sendai and Aizu clans.

The castle later came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Army, and all of the dilapidated buildings were demolished.

The land was sold to the Nanbu clan, but was later purchased by Iwate Prefecture, and the site is now Morioka Castle Ruins Park.





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