Ne Castle - Hachinohe

I've seen it on TV. The lord and his vassals eat at the same height. The image of the lord was that he was in a higher place than his vassals, but this is completely different. The semi-underground buildings of each facility are also intriguing.

We visited on July 28, 2021. This is my third visit. It is a must-see place when considering the history of the South. Nanbu Moroyuki joined Hachinohe from Kai (Nambu Town, Yamanashi Prefecture) and built Nejo in 1334, the first year of Kenmu. Mr. Nanbu Hachinohe and Mr. Nanbu Sannohe were initially of the same rank, but during the Warring States period, they became subordinates of Mr. Nanbu Sannohe and became a master-slave relationship. Due to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Oshu punishment, Nejo will be destroyed. After that, Mr. Nanbu Hachinohe was transferred to Tono City in 1627, 4th year of Kanei. There is an altar trace in the back of Ne Castle. It seems that the sutra mound was buried there. It is believed that Mr. Fujiwara Oshu paid it before Nanbu Moroyuki entered.

Visited on August 1, 2021 Admission fee 250 yen It is from the Northern and Southern Dynasties and has no castle tower. It was raining so there was no one but me and I was able to take a closer look ('ω') ノ

It can be said that Nejo is the birthplace of Hachinohe. In 1333, Nanbu Moroyuki, who went down to Oshu according to the Mutsu Mamoru Kitabatake Akiie, chose Nejo as his base after receiving an order from the Akiie to wipe out the Hojo remnants of Kitabatake. Although it is a lowland castle, it has a highly defensive structure that takes advantage of the topographical and geological characteristics of the river terraces. Unfortunately, the south 1/3 is divided by the national highway, and the whole picture is difficult to understand due to the progress of urbanization, and it is a pity that it can be understood that this was once a part of Nejo with a few remaining earthworks. The Mabechi River in the north was protected in the north, and the west swamp, which was once thought to have had a considerable amount of water, was used as the guard in the west. The defense power of Honmaru would have been considerable. The place where the main enclosure was located is an independent hill, with moats in the south and east, the Mabechi River in the north, and the Nishizawa in the west, with a considerable elevation difference. The main enclosure and main shrine have been restored. I can only imagine the Tsunegoden, which was usually used for office work, and the Okugoden, which was the residence of the family, because only the bunch of pillars are arranged. The shack seems to have been distinguished from the restored guest one and the stable, which was the place of life for the horses, where only the pillars were placed. The workshops and smithy workshops were dug into the ground, and the smithy aside, the workshops would have been without heating, so are you expecting the effect of alleviating the cold in winter? The thatched roof has perfect heat insulation, so if the wall area could be reduced to some extent, it would have been possible to work with the heat of a brazier. The field smithy seems to have been exposed. The barn is made of pit-house pillars that make you think, "Why is there a Jomon residence here?" Itakura is not a school storehouse, but it seems that it was a well-built valuables storage using planks. Although the well is buried, a cross section of the excavation is shown. There is a lightning strike on the old ginkgo tree on the northern slope. Probably it was a replacement for a lightning rod. As you can see from the Jomon archaeological site and the castles in each area, people in the old days used the land well by choosing the base of their lives with the utmost care. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend you to take a look.