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Hachisuka Yoshishige

蜂須賀至鎮

Son of Hachisuka Iemasa and the first lord of the Tokushima domain. He married an adopted daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and died young.

Years: 1586–1620

Tradition

Story

The blue-stone bridge in the dry garden of the Omote-goten is split in the middle, and a legend says Yoshishige broke it by stamping in agony after his wife poisoned him. The museum says this is not history but a tale that grew from his early death and his marriage to Ieyasu's adopted daughter.

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Tokushima, Tokushima

Tokushima Castle

徳島城

Not a single original building survives, but walls of local blue-green stone, aoishi, still show the shape of the castle.

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Sources

1
とくしまヒストリー第2回(徳島城博物館)Checked: 2026-10-03
2
蜂須賀至鎮(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: 2026-10-03