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Saga Castle
佐賀県
The seat of the technologically advanced Saga domain that produced reverberatory furnaces—birthplace of Meiji leaders including Etō Shinpei and Okuma Shigenobu
Founded
1602
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Castle
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About 15 min by bus from JR Saga Station
Jonai, Saga, Saga
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Castle
Founded 1602
424 years
Overview
The castle of the Hizen Saga domain, rebuilt in 1602 (Keicho 7) by Nabeshima Naoshige and his son Katsushige. The main keep's palace (honmaru goten) gate, the Shachi-no-Mon, rebuilt in 1838, survives today and is designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan. The site is now developed as the Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum, conveying in detail the history of the Saga domain, a technologica…
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Origins
Built in 1602 when the Nabeshima father-son duo renovated the former Ryuzoji castle. The Nabeshima clan governed Saga domain (350,000 koku) until the Meiji Restoration. Known as a technologically advanced domain with reverberatory furnaces and Armstrong cannons. The honmaru palace was reconstructed …
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1874
Saga Rebellion Site
1874年（明治7年）2月に佐賀県で起きた士族反乱。明治政府の参議・司法卿を辞して帰郷していた江藤新平が、征韓論に賛同する不平士族らに担がれる形で決起した。憂国党・征韓党など数千名の士族が佐賀城を占拠して蜂起したが、明治政府は山縣有朋らを派遣し軍・警察の近代的戦力で2週間余りで鎮圧した。江藤新平は土佐へ脱出して板垣退助に支援を求めたが拒否され、捕縛された後、大久保利通の強い意向により証拠不十分にもかかわらず斬首・梟首（首をさらすこと）に処された。この処刑は「法律家の江藤が法を無視した裁判で処刑された」として後世に批判されることとなった。佐賀の乱は士族反乱の先駆けとして、神風連の乱・秋月の乱・萩の乱へと連なり、最終的に西南戦争への道を開いた。佐賀城本丸歴史館にその経緯が詳しく展示されている。
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Ryuzoji Takanobu
Bear of Hizen
Age 73 at founding (posthumous)
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Saga Castle occupies the former site of Muranaka Castle, stronghold of the Sengoku daimyo Ryuzoji Takanobu, known as the "Bear of Hizen" and one of Kyushu's three great powers. In 1584, Takanobu was defeated and killed at the Battle of Okitanawate by the allied Shimazu and Arima forces. His retainers, Nabeshima Naoshige and his son Katsushige, subsequently rebuilt the site, completing it as Saga Castle in 1602.
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