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(Redirected from Hamada Gokoku Shrine) Castle ruins in Hamada, Japan
Hamada Castle
浜田城
Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Stone wall of Sannomaru base
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Coordinates34°54′10.47″N 132°4′23.97″E / 34.9029083°N 132.0733250°E / 34.9029083; 132.0733250
TypeMountaintop-style castle
Site information
OwnerHonda clan
Conditionruins
Site history
Built1620
Built byFuruta Shigeharu
MaterialsStone walls
Demolished1866
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Furuta Shigeharu

Hamada Castle (浜田城, Hamada-jō) is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Stone wall of Sannomaru base

Current

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks. In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.

Gokoku Shrine

Hamada Gokoku Shrine
濱田護國神社
Religion
AffiliationShinto
TypeGokoku shrine
(Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Hamada Gokoku Shrine [ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939. It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle.

See also

References

  1. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田市観光協会 Official. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田開府400年. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "浜田城跡" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. "別表神社とは？御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. ^ https://www.kankou-hamada.org.e.aew.hp.transer.com/guidepost/6214
  7. TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. doi:10.1093/jcs/32.3.527. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 23917081.
  8. "Ruins of Hamada Castle". handejapan19.html.xdomain.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

Literature

  • De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.
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