Tsuruga Castle Ruins

　Mitsuhira Toki , who became the guardian of Mino province during Kamakura period , set up a residence in Hitoichiba of Toki Village (Mizunami City , Gifu Prefecture) , built a castle in Kono and called it "Tsuruga Castle" and ruled Mino Province.
　His grandson , Yorisada , who was appointed as a guardian of the Muromachi period and built the source of Toki clan's properity , also imitated Mitsuhira and ruled Mino province here.
　In addition to this , this castle is famous as the castle of Yorikane , who was defeated in Kyoto with Kuninaga Tajimi during the Seityuhen in 1324 (following Emperor Go-Daogo and carring out the defeat of the Kamakura Shogunate). He is Yorisada's 10th child. From then on , until the battle of Sekigahara , it was also called "Kono Castle" or "Toki Castle" , and its name is listed in the history of the war. During the battle between Oda and Takeda in February 1582 , father and so , Nobunaga and Nobutada also entered the castle , and from here the army of Takeda's capture was sent.(From the explanation board of the Mizunami City Board of Education at the site of the main enclosure of Tsuruga Castle)

　Emperor Seiwa→Imperial prince Sadazumi→Tsunamoto Minamoto(the lord of Mino)→Mitsunaka Minamoto→Yorimitsu Minamoto(the lord of Mino)→Yorikuni Minamoto(the lord of Mino)→Kunifusa Minamoto(the lord of Mino)→Mitsukuni Minamoto→Mitsunobu Minamoto→Mitsumoto Minamoto→Mitsuhira Toki(the guardian of Mino , lives in Toki-gun)→Mitsuyuki Toki→Mitsusada Toki→Yorisada Toki→Yorikiyo Toki(Yorito Toki , Yoriaki Toki) →Yoriyasu Toki→Yasuyuki Toki→Yoritada Toki→Yorimasu Toki→Tokueki Toki→Naruse Toki→Masafusa Toki→Yorizumi Toki(Yoriaki Toki)Toki clan destruction

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The Main Enclosure of Tsuruga Castle Ruins 　View from the Main Enclosure of Tsuruga Castle Ruins　

Photo album (Tsuruga Castle Ruins）

■ Hitoichiba Building Ruins

Toki Clan Hitoichiba Building Ruins

　Mino Genji is a general term for the Toki clan and vassals who lived in valious part of Mino from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period. Mitsuhira Toki who served Yoritomo Minamoto and became a guardian of Mino Providence , grew in power here (Kanbe Castle , Kokufuya Castle , Kono Castle) , and his descendants prospered with the Kamakura Shogunate.
　After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate and the rise of Kenmu Restoration , Yorisada was appointed to protect Mino Province with the rise of Takauji Ashikaga , and is the great-grandson of Mitsuhira. Yorisada lived in Hitoiciba Building until he moved to Takada (Hisajiri , Toki City , Gifu Prefecture). During the Muromachi period , Toki clan was proud of their power as a guardian of Mino Province for 11 generations. Yorisada is the ancestor of the rise of Restoration. (From the explanation board of the Toki clan award ceremony in Toki Hitoichiba Building Ruins)


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