Marugame castle - 01

Marugame castle - 01

Marugame castle is a castle built and maintained as its residence by 生駒家(the Ikoma family), 山崎家(the Yamazaki family), and the three famous Daimyo houses of 京極家(the Kyogoku family). The total height of the stone wall boasts the highest height in Japan and is famous also for stone walls with an elegant curve called "扇の勾配 = Oogi no koubai(slope of a fan)".
As I went for a walk with my dog Jackie, I took a picture of Ishigaki, so please take a look.

This picture is Ishigaki made by "野面積石垣 = Noduradumi-ishigaki (construction made with natural stone)" method which was built on the southeast mountain slope of  Marugame Castle.
Viewed from the "山下曲輪 = Yamashita kuruwa(The influence range of the castle)", this stone wall is the oldest stone wall in Marugame Castle's Ishigaki of the "生駒家 = Ikoma family period". It is a construction method made with natural stone, stacked almost without processing, drainage of rainwater is good, Ishigaki is hard to collapse.

The structure of the stone wall of Marugame Castle is constructed by double-layered stone walls. Inside stone wall is "野面積石垣 = Noduradumi-ishigaki (construction made with natural stone)". On the outside so as to cover "打ち込みハギ = Uchikomi Hagi (pounding in Construction method)" and "切り込みハギ = Kirikomi Hagi(Notch Construction method)".

And, it has been considered so far. But in April 2009 stumps can be seen at the top of this stone wall because this is a fallen tree.
From December 2011, excavation survey of the Marugame City Board of Education was held as a cure for restoration of this stone wall.
As a result, one of the stones in the corner of Ishigaki was found a hole to drive a wedge when splitting a stone called a pitcher.
This method is a technique since the early Edo period (1624 - 44) years, not in the Ikoma family period but in the Yamazaki family period Ishigaki, It turned out that I reloaded it. Ishigaki just under this is a stone wall built in the Yamazaki family period, why old-fashioned "Noduradumi ishigaki" construction method whether it has been rebuilt. However, thanks to that, we can see three kinds of stone walls in the same castle.

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