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岡部宣勝
The daimyo who took over Kishiwada Castle in 1640. His family, the Okabe, ruled the Kishiwada domain for thirteen generations until the Meiji Restoration.
He is said to have been placed at Kishiwada to keep watch on Tokugawa Yorinobu of the Kii domain. When Yorinobu asked him about it at Edo Castle, Nobukatsu reportedly answered that he could be no more than a grain of rice stuck to the sole of Yorinobu's foot. The city presents this as a small domain standing its ground: a rice grain underfoot is small, but annoying.
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Kishiwada, Osaka
岸和田城
Look down from the top of the keep, and the stone "battle formation" laid out in the main enclosure turns out to be a garden designed to be seen from above.
first Okabe lord of KishiwadaRecord source: article
In-depth article
Kishiwada, Osaka
岸和田城
Look down from the top of the keep, and the stone "battle formation" laid out in the main enclosure turns out to be a garden designed to be seen from above.
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
