Japanese Castle Trek：日本の城トレッキング

城区分：平城

The kind: Hira-shiro.

1334（建武元）年、摂河泉守護楠木正成の代官として岸に赴任した和田高家が、そこに城を築いた。高家は岸の和田氏と呼ばれたことから、岸和田の地名の起こりになったと言われている。そしてこれが岸和田城のはじまりとされている。実際に築いた場所は現在の城の東方約500メートルの照日山・野田町あたり。以後室町幕府によって城主も移り変わり、1558〜73（永禄・元亀）年松浦肥前守が城主の時、現在の岸城町に築きなおされたと言われている。

1583（天正11）年大坂城の築城を開始していた秀吉は、甥の小出秀政を岸和田城主とし、秀政が1587（天正15）年に近世城郭として本格的に整備、1597（慶長2）年天守を築く。1645（正保2）年に作られた絵図によると、当時、五層の天守に、熊本城や松本城のような、天守壁面腰板が張られている姿が描かれている。豊臣滅亡後、1619（元和5）年丹波篠山から松平康重入封し、徳川政権下の総曲輪を置き、城下町の整備を行った。松平二代後、1640（寛永17）年岡部宣勝が入封。伏見城の櫓および城門が移築、石垣を積み、津田川沿岸の堤防が改築され、総曲輪をもつ連郭式平城へと城郭の大改築が行われる。1827（文政10）年落雷で天守が焼失。明治を迎え、本丸・二の丸の石垣と水濠を残して破却されたが、1954（昭和29）年三層の天守が再建された。石垣は当時のもので、1943（昭和18）年に、大阪府の史跡として指定されている。

岸和田城は別名、猪伏山縢（ちきり）城。縢（ちきり）とは、機のたて糸をまく器具で、本丸と二の丸を連ねた形が縢に似ているところから由来するらしい。他にも千亀利城や蟄亀利城とも呼ばれている。本丸内、天守前には一風変わった庭園が創られている。この庭は室町以前の城郭平面図をもとに庭園設計の第一人者、重森三玲さんによって設計され、所々に諸葛孔明の八陣方をテーマに大将を中心に天・地・雲・龍・虎・鳥・蛇の各陣を配している。和歌山県島産の緑泥岩の石組を京都白川産の白砂で囲み、これに砂紋を描いて海中の蓬莱を表現。それ以前の庭園にはなかった上空からの俯瞰をも意識した近代感覚にあふれた設計となっている。

1334 (TateTakeshimoto) years, Kōke Wada was appointed to the shore as magistrate of Tokawa Izumi patron Kusunoki Masashige has built a castle there. Kōke It is said that since it was called Wada's shore, became occur of place names of Kishiwada. And this is the beginning of Kishiwada Castle. Actually built was location Teru-bi Mountain Noda per the town of the current castle of east about 500 meters. Also castle by subsequent Muromachi shogunate transition, 1558-73 (Eiroku-Genki) years Hizen Matsuura Mori is said that when the castle was re-built in the current Kishiki the town.

1583 Osaka Castle of Hideyoshi had started the castle is, the nephew of Koide Hidemasa and Kishiwada castle, Hidemasa is earnest development as early modern castle in 1587, 1597 I build a tower year. According to the 1645 in the made pictorial illustration, at that time, the tower of five layers, such as Kumamoto Castle and Matsumoto Castle, has been drawn figure tower wall wainscot is stretched. After Toyotomi destruction, is Matsudaira Yasushige Nyufu from 1619 Tamba Sasayama, place the Sogawa under the Tokugawa regime, it was the development of castle town. After Matsudaira two generations, 1640 Okabe Senkachi is Nyufu. Fushimi Castle tower and gates are relocated, Masonry a stone wall, is renovation is Tsudagawa coastal embankment, large renovation of castle is performed to Renkuruwa-shiki Nara with Sogawa. 1827 lightning strikes in the tower is destroyed by fire. Celebrated the Meiji, but was destroyed leaving a stone wall and Mizuhori of the main enclosure, Ninomaru, tower of 1954 three-layer has been rebuilt. Ishigaki intended at the time, in 1943, it has been designated as the Osaka Prefecture of historic sites.

Kishiwada Castle alias, boar Fushiyama Kaga (Chikiri) castle. And is Kaga (Chikiri), in instruments that sow the warp of the machine, it seems to come from where the form that had been chosen main enclosure and Ninomaru is similar to Kaga. Other and are also referred to as also Chikiri-jo. Within the main enclosure, before tower is made is unusual garden. This garden guru of the original in garden design a previous castle plane Muromachi view, designed by Mirei Shigemori's, places to Zhuge Liang of eight gust how theme Gen. center Ten land-cloud-in to the are arranged each Jin Ryu tiger, bird-snake. Enclose the rockwork of Wakayama Prefecture Island production of chlorite rock in white sand of Kyoto Shirakawa production, to express the sea of Penglai this by drawing a Sunamon. It has become a design it is also a bird's-eye view from the sky was not the previous garden full of conscious modern sense.