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18-602: Takaoka Castle is located at the center of what is now the city of Takaoka, in the western part of Etchū Province . The Takaoka area was considered the center of Etchū Province until the Muromachi period , as it was the location of the provincial capital and was an important junction point for the Hokuriku kaidō highway and the road to Noto Province . The area came under the control of the Maeda clan under Maeda Toshiie of Kaga Domain of

36-470: A whole was sometimes referred to as Esshū ( 越州 ) . In 701 AD, per the reforms of the Taihō Code , Koshi was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen , Etchū, and Echigo . However, in 702 AD, the four western districts of Etchū Province (Kubiki, Kosi, Uonuma and Kambara) were transferred to Echigo Province. Etchū annexed Noto Province in 741 AD, but Noto was separated out again in 757 AD. In 746 AD,

54-549: A zoo. The park's sakura is the city's major location for cherry blossom viewing . The castle ruins are located about ten minutes on foot from Takaoka Station on the JR West Hokuriku Main Line , or a five minute walk from Etchū-Nakagawa Station on the Himi Line . Etch%C5%AB Province Etchū Province ( 越中国 , Etchū-no-kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in

72-570: Is explicitly recognized in treaties in 1894 (a) between Japan and the United States and (b) between Japan and the United Kingdom . Etchū Province consisted of eight districts: Etch%C5%AB-Nakagawa Station Etchū-Nakagawa Station ( 越中中川駅 , Etchū-Nakagawa-eki ) is a railway station on the Himi Line in the city of Takaoka , Toyama Prefecture , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Etchū-Nakagawa Station

90-411: Is served by the Himi Line , and is located 1.7 kilometers from the opposing end of the line at Takaoka . The station has a single side platform , serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. The station opened on 1 April 1916 as Nakagawa Station . It was renamed to its present name on 1 September 1920. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987,

108-522: The Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea of Japan to the north. Its abbreviated form name was Esshū ( 越州 ) . Koshi Province ( 越国 , Koshi no Kuni ) was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki . The region as

126-465: The Tokugawa shogunate from the early Edo period . Takaoka Castle was a rectangle of 400 meters long and 200 meters wide. The castle originally had five enclosures , all surrounded by a single, or in places, a double, moat. The inner bailey was 200 meters square and located at the middle part of western edge, surrounded by moats, with smaller enclosures to the north, east and south. As the west side of

144-512: The castle was a marsh, and there was no need for a secondary enclosure on this side. Each enclosure was guarded by stone walls and a wide moat. The design was influenced by the Jurakudai palace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto , as the small secondary enclosures were poorly designed for defence, but were instead intended to enhance the prestige of the inner bailey as well as to provide beautiful views along

162-601: The castle was completed, the location was renamed "Takaoka". Toshinaga developed a castle town surrounding the new castle: however, in 1614 Toshinaga died due to illness, and the Tokugawa shogunate proclaimed the Ikkoku-ichijo ( 一国一城 , "One Castle Per Province" ) rule the following year, resulting in the destruction of the castle. Later the Maeda clan rebuilt Toyama Castle as the administrative center of Etchū Province, but kept

180-482: The han system in 1871, Etchū Province was divided into Kanazawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Nanao Prefecture and Niikawa Prefecture, but these areas were reconsolidated into Ishikawa Prefecture in 1876. In 1883, Ishikawa Prefecture was divided, with the original four districts of Etchū Province becoming the new Toyama Prefecture. However, the name “Etchū Province” continued to appear in official documents afterwards for some administrative purposes. For example, Etchū

198-414: The moats. It is uncertain if a tenshu , or even if yagura watchtowers were ever built. Maeda Toshinaga , the son of Maeda Toshiie and second daimyō of Kaga Domain retired in 1605 at the age of 43, and moved from Kanazawa Castle to Toyama Castle . The reason for his early retirement is uncertain, but one reason could have been that he wanted to ensure the succession of the Maeda clan by turning

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216-456: The noted poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi became Kokushi , and left many references to the region in the poetic anthology Man'yōshū . The Nara period provincial capital and provincial temple were located in what is now the city of Takaoka, Toyama ; however, there are four shrines which vie for the title of Ichinomiya two of which are located in Takaoka, one in the city of Nanto and one in

234-427: The position of daimyō to his younger brother Maeda Toshitsune , who was married to the daughter of shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada . Toyama Castle burned down in 1609, and Toshinaga relocated to Uozu Castle while waiting for permission from the shogunate to build a new castle at a place named Sekino. The design of the castle was done by Takayama Ukon , who had been exiled to Kaga Province by Toyotomi Hideyoshi . When

252-938: The region, but preferred to remain in Kyoto , and to rule through appointed deputies, such as the Jinbō clan and the Shiina clan. Into the Sengoku period , the Hatakeyama transferred their power base to Nanao Castle in Noto province, and Etchū became an area contested by the Uesugi Kenshin and the Oda clan with the Ikkō-ikki helping play one side against the other. The area was eventually conquered by Oda Nobunaga 's general Shibata Katsuie and his deputy Sassa Narimasa , who were later replaced by Maeda Toshiie under

270-506: The rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . The Maeda clan retained control of the province under Kaga Domain during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate . During the mid-Edo period, Nei District and much of Niikawa District were separated from Kaga Domain into the 100,000 koku Toyama Domain , which was ruled by a branch of the Maeda clan. Following the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of

288-506: The site of Takaoka Castle as a location for warehouses to store tax rice for Kaga Domain. Within the castle grounds were also a sake brewery, salt warehouses, a gunpowder factory, and the offices of the local governor, the Takaoka Machi-bugyō . Many of these buildings were destroyed in a fire in 1821. After the Meiji restoration , the government district office for Imizu District, Toyama

306-529: The town of Tateyama . Under the Engishiki classification system, Etchū was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) in terms of importance and "middle country" (中国) in terms of distance from the capital. Despite this classification, Etchū never developed a powerful local gōzoku clan and was usually controlled by its more powerful neighbours. During the Muromachi period , the Hatakeyama clan emerged as shugo of

324-591: Was built in the castle site. The ruins of the castle are mainly just remnants of its stone ramparts. The ruins sit at the Takaoka Kojō Park ( 高岡古城公園 , Takaoka Kojō Kōen ) , which was established in 1875, became a Toyama Prefectural park in 1967. The park contains a Shinto shrine , the Imizu Jinja , which is the ichinomiya of Etchū Province, the Takaoka Municipal Museum, Takaoka Public Hall and

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