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Maruoka Castle

OTHER NAMES

Kasumi-ga-jo, Mist Castle

COUNTRY

Japan

ADDRESS

Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

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About Maruoka Castle

It is the 16-century castle still intact in the Kasumigajo Park in Sakai city, Japan. It was built on a small hill in 1576 by a samurai commander Shibata Katsutoyo. The site where the palace was built is now a public park that incorporated the castle, moats and a small-sized museum that features armour and other things of the former lords of the palace.

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The palace survived the post-feudal ages and also one of twelve of its kind in Japan.
According to folklores and legends, the foundation of the castle was a human pillar. During its construction the stone base on which the castle intact kept collapsing. Then a liege suggested a hitobashira which means human sacrifice. A poor woman named O-shizu was chosen for the practice on a promise that one of her son will adopt by Katsutoyo and made a samurai. Her sacrifice allowed the construction and the base stone on where the palace was standing were constructed around her.
The samurai unable to fulfill her promise to a poor woman and it is believed that her spirit haunted the place. A small tomb dedicated to that poor woman also erects there.
The palace has three floors and a black wood interior with unique designs. The top floor served as a watchtower.
It was registered as a national treasure of the nation since early 1934.

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