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Shingu, Wakayama
Shingū Castle
新宮城
On the riverbank below the castle hill stood some 20 storehouses holding charcoal bound for Edo.
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Mizuno Tadanaka
水野忠央
Late Edo-period lord of Shingu and senior retainer of the Kii domain. A scholar, he published the 171-volume Tankaku Sosho, organized Western-style troops and built the Western-style ship Tankaku Maru.
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He is said to have allied with the chief minister Ii Naosuke to gain influence over shogunate politics. The city notes that Yoshida Shoin described him as cunning but talented, a man the world greatly feared.
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- 1【Ⅳ】丹鶴城趾(新宮市)Checked:
- 2水野忠央(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: