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Nagoya Castle Ruins Saga
佐賀県
The massive forward base for the Korean invasions abandoned after Hideyoshi's death in 1598—a Special Historic Site with 130 daimyo encampment ruins and an adjacent museum
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1591
Type
Historic Site
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唐津駅からバス40分、名護屋城跡前
佐賀県唐津市鎮西町名護屋1931-3
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Historic Site
Founded 1591
435 years
Overview
The ruins of a massive castle built in 1591 (Bunroku 1) by Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the command headquarters for his military campaigns on the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese continent (the Bunroku-Keicho campaigns). At its height it rivaled Osaka Castle in scale, and illustrious warlords including Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, and Kuroda Nagamasa established more than 130 encampments in the su…
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Origins
Hideyoshi built this castle as the command headquarters for the Bunroku-Keicho campaigns (1592-1598). At the time, it boasted a scale second only to Osaka Castle, and daimyo from across the country established encampments here.

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1592
文禄の役(名護屋城)
1592年(文禄元年)、豊臣秀吉が明国征服を目指して朝鮮に出兵した文禄の役(壬辰倭乱)の出撃拠点となった名護屋城(現在の佐賀県唐津市)。秀吉は肥前名護屋に全国の大名を集め、20万以上の兵力を朝鮮半島に送り込んだ。緒戦は破竹の勢いで漢城(ソウル)・平壌まで攻め上ったが、李舜臣率いる朝鮮水軍・義兵の抵抗と明軍の援軍により戦況は膠着した。1593年に休戦交渉となり、1597年には慶長の役として再出兵されたが秀吉の死により撤退した。名護屋城跡は国の特別史跡に指定されている。
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1597
Second Korean Campaign (Keichō Campaign)
The Keichō Campaign (1597-98) was Japan's second invasion of Korea after failed peace negotiations from the first campaign. Some 140,000 troops crossed to Korea but faced fierce resistance from Korean civilians, Admiral Yi Sun-sin's navy, and Ming reinforcements. When Hideyoshi died in Osaka in August 1598, his commanders ordered withdrawal. Japanese forces suffered significant losses to Yi's navy during the retreat (Battle of Noryang). The campaign ended in complete failure, having devastated all three nations involved.
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