Marugame castle - 28

Marugame castle - 28

"天守 = Ten syu" and "本島 = Hon-jima"

The "塩飽諸島 = Shi-waku-sho-tou" centering on the "本島 = Hon-jima", in the era of the Sengoku period(1467-1590) before the Edo period(1603-1868), it was considered to have a power, called the Shi-waku Navy.
"Oda Nobunaga" of the powerful Sengoku Daimyo, and "関白 豊臣秀吉 = Kan-paku Hide-yoshi Toyo-tomi" of the later "安土桃山時代 = A-zuchi-momo-yama-ji-dai", and "将軍　徳川家康 = Shou-gun Ie-yasu Toku-gawa" in the "江戸時代 = E-do-ji-dai" also gave "(朱印状 = Shuin-jō)", and the Shi-waku islands became a self-governing body.
In Tensho 18th year (1590), "関白 豊臣秀吉 = Kan-paku Hide-yoshi Toyo-tomi" designated the vessel of 650 shipowners.
From the "将軍　徳川家康 = Shou-gun Ie-yasu Toku-gawa" in the Edo era, the shipowners that was granted the territorial rights of the "Shi-waku islands" was called the "人名 = Nin myou"
Their administrative office, "塩飽勤番所 = Shi-waku-kin-ban-sho" was set up on the Hon island, and four people "人名 = Nin myou" were chosen for politics.
In 1860, the "咸臨丸 = Kanrin Maru" sailor was occupied by 35 people out of 50 people who crossed the Pacific Ocean to exchange the ratification paper of the Japan - US Cooperation Agreement on Treaty of Commerce.
Those 35 people were from the Shi-waku islands.

By the way, during this time there are events that mourn the dead called "O-bon" in Japan.
The Japanese pray to the spirit of the ancestor towards the Buddhist altar and the grave, the daily report and the life in the peaceful heaven of the dead.
And because there are many people who will return home, traffic jams and crowded trains will occur.
I am not Buddhist, I am a Catholic so it doesn't matter.
However, I went to the grave of my ancestors yesterday for the first time in two years.


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天守 = Ten syu(Castle tower)
本島 = Hon-jima(Hon island)
塩飽諸島 = Shi-waku-sho-tou(Shi-waku islands)
戦国時代 = Sen-goku-ji-dai(Sengoku period(1467-1590))
塩飽水軍 = Shi-waku-sui-gun(Shi-waku Navy)
江戸時代 = E-do-ji-dai(Edo period(1603-1868))
関白 豊臣秀吉 = Kan-paku Hide-yoshi Toyo-tomi(Emperor's chief advisor Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
安土桃山時代 = A-zuchi-momo-yama-ji-dai(Azuchi Momoyama period(1573-1603))
将軍　徳川家康 = Shou-gun Ie-yasu Toku-gawa(Tokugawa Ieyasu General)
朱印状 = Shuin-jō(license with a red seal or shogunate license to trade)
人名 = Nin myou(Name of a person)
塩飽勤番所 = Shi-waku-kin-ban-sho(Administrative office of Shi-waku)
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I do not explain in order because I follow the order of description on my homepage.
It is a page of Japanese.
If you like, please see the photos on the website below.
Currently 4 pages are listed.

Marugame castle
http://kameyamachikusei.wa-sanbon.com/marugamecastle.html


咸臨丸 = Kanrin Maru = Japanese warship Kanrin Maru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_warship_Kanrin_Maru

Kanrin Maru SecondLife
https://youtu.be/f1usWAi6xXE

John Manjiro: The First Japanese Person in America KICKSTARTER
https://youtu.be/bF1IgCmeMsQ

Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society
https://youtu.be/zZe4gaTXmwY

The birthplace of John Manjiro
https://youtu.be/vG8mU4sVrcI