Site of Muraki Fort - Chita District

Mr. Imagawa's fort in the outpost of the battle between Okeza. The place where there was a battle between Nobunaga Oda and Mr. Imagawa. The place where Nobunaga used a gun for the first time.

About half a year later, in mid-January 1554, a secret letter from Nobunaga arrived at Nogen. Nobunaga is finally out. At that time, there were about three hundred soldiers at the village fortress, but it was quiet. I was relieved that there was no battle. Mizuno Nobumoto secretly collects soldiers, food and battleships from surrounding territories and prepares. Oda Nobunaga asks his wife, Mino's family, Mino's Saito Michizo, to answer Nakono Castle, pretends to attack Kiyosu, and boarding from Atsuta Port on January 22. However, at that time, it was a fierce day of winter “Ibuki Gorge” peculiar to the Owari region, but without stopping, I went around the Chisaki peninsula and stayed in Oi (Minamichita) and stayed at Ogawa Castle on the 23rd. It is said that it entered. Already, my uncle, Nobumitsu, had solidified around Muraki Fort and did not escape or pass the messenger to Imagawa. In the evening, warlords gathered and a military debate was held in Ogawa Castle. Using guns for the first time in battle Oda Nobunaga is headquartered at the current Muraki Shrine, and the battle began on the morning of January 24 (around 8 o'clock). The Mizuno army blocks the surrounding seas and attacks from the Otemon (east sea side), and the uncle Oda Nobumitsu attacks from the western side of the hand (back gate). Since it was a sudden attack, Imagawa had no time to drop the bridge over the moat and was able to pass the Shinko army. Through that, Rokka Shizaemon took the first ride. Oda Nobunaga has the southern side, which is the hardest to attack, and fired one shot at a time from the barely reachable distance in the center. The firing sound is the first sound heard by Imagawa. That alone will scare the soldiers. Furthermore, at an invisible speed, a ball flies and falls alone, then falls alone. There are several soldiers around Nobunaga, cleaning the gun that hit the ball, putting gunpowder and a ball in front of cutting the fire lid, and handing the gun to Nobunaga. Then you can fire one after another, so grasshoppers and enemy soldiers will fall. This is how the power of a gun is shown. It is known that a lot of guns were used in Nagashino's battle, but the battle of Fort Muraki was the first to use a gun in a Japanese castle fort attack.

Now it is a perfect land area, but in the days of Nobunaga, the north and east sides of the fort face the sea, and it is estimated that the fort was shaped like a fork that came out to the sea. There was a big moat on the south side, and Nobunaga took charge of this most difficult spot. It has already been over, but there was also an exhibition about the battle of Muraki-tan at the planning exhibition "Taro Gun Exhibition" of the Higashiura Town Folk Museum. There was also a pamphlet about the battle of Muraki Aoi, but is it still there? Now the place where the stone monument is located is Hachimansha, and the east side is rice fields, and the north, west and south sides are residential areas. It's a quiet place like there's anywhere there is no fierce battle here.

At the place where Oda Nobunaga used a gun for the first time in the battle, the scene of the battle was introduced in "Kirin ga Kuru". There is an atmosphere where you can feel the voice of the soldiers.

Visited around the historical sites of Aishikyo. The road is narrow, but if you just want to take a picture in an instant, you can't go by car.

I came for the castle seal. This is not a free castle but a different one, but Ieyasu's mother, Odai no kata's hometown castle, Ogawa Castle ?'s castle stamp was also given. But this is the case! ??

It is the place where the battle of Muraki Fort, which is said to be Nobunaga's first team, was held. Below, from the information board In the 20th year of Tenbun (1551), Yoshimoto Imagawa attempted to advance to Owari, taking advantage of the death of his strong enemy Oda Nobuhide. Eventually, he took possession of Narumi Castle, Odaka Castle, and Kutsukake Castle, and then tried to capture Mizuno Nobumoto of Ogawa Castle, which belongs to Oda. He sent materials based on Shigehara Castle, built a fort at the cape of Muraki, and made Yoshiharu Tojo Matsudaira, the elite of Mikawa, the castle general. Nobunaga Oda, who received a request for reinforcements from Nobunaga, left Nakono Castle (now Nagoya Castle) on January 21, 23, with his soldiers. On the 22nd, I crossed the sea from Atsuta Port in a strong wind and arrived at Ogawa Castle on the 23rd. From the morning of the 24th, the Allied Forces of Oda and Mizuno launched an attack on Fort Muraki. Both sides fought well, but in the evening the Imagawa army finally surrendered. Shutsuka, to the west of the village, is where the war dead of both armies were buried. Hachijo Shrine was founded in 1571 by Nobumoto's vassals, Shimizu Hachiemon Ieshige and Gonnosuke Masaharu, hoping for the requiescats of the war dead.

About the parking lot of Muraki Fort. Parking is available at the nearby Dental Clinic on Sundays and public holidays. There is also an arrow on the signboard for directions to Muraki Fort from this parking lot. It takes about 2 to 3 minutes on foot.