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Takanashi clan fortified residence

Coordinates: 36°44′41″N 138°22′36″E / 36.74472°N 138.37667°E / 36.74472; 138.37667
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Takanashi clan residence ruins
高梨氏館跡
Takanashi clan residence ruins
Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Takanashi clan residence ruins
Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Takanashi clan fortified residence (Japan)
LocationNakano, Nagano, Japan
RegionChūbu region
Coordinates36°44′41″N 138°22′36″E / 36.74472°N 138.37667°E / 36.74472; 138.37667
Typesettlement
History
PeriodsKamakura - Sengoku period
Site notes
OwnershipNational Historic Site
Public accessYes

Takanashi clan residence ruins (高梨氏館跡, Takanashi-shi yakata ato) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of the Kamakura to early Sengoku period fortified residence of the Takanashi clan, local warlords in northern Shinano Province during that period. The site is located in what is now part of the city of Nakano, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2007.[1]

Overview

The Takanashi clan was a cadet house of the Minamoto clan which gradually came to dominate northern Shinano Province during the Muromachi period. They were attacked by the Takeda clan from Kai Province and turned to the powerful Uesugi clan of Echigo Province for assistance. The Takanashi were allies of Uesugi Kenshin against Takeda Shingen at the Battle of Kawanakajima. However, with the rise of Oda Nobunaga the Takanashi gradually lost their territory and became retainers of the Uesugi. When Uesugi Kagekatsu was relocated from Echigo Province by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Takanashi clan followed him to Aizu and eventually to Yonezawa.

The ruins of their former clan residence in Shinano occupies a rectangular site measuring roughly 130 meters east-west by 100 meters north-south, surrounded by a moat and a palisade. The moat had a width of 10 meters and depth of three meters with a V-shaped cross-section. Within this enclosed area, an excavation survey conducted from 1986 to 1994, discovered the foundation pillars for twelve buildings, a well, and Shinto shrine. The remains of a Japanese garden was also discovered. The garden measured eight meters east-west by six meters north-south and contained a pond with three groups of rocks and river stones. It is the only Sengoku period garden to have been discovered in Nagano Prefecture.

The site is now a public park and is located approximately 10 meters on foot from Shinshū-Nakano Station

See also

References

  1. ^ "高梨氏館跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.