Hamada Castle

Hamada Castle
浜田城
Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Stone wall of Sannomaru base
Hamada Castle Show map of Shimane Prefecture Hamada Castle Show map of Japan
Coordinates	34°54′10.47″N 132°4′23.97″E
Type	Mountaintop-style castle
Site information
Owner	Honda clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1620
Built by	Furuta Shigeharu
Materials	Stone walls
Demolished	1866
Garrison information
Past commanders	Furuta Shigeharu

Hamada Castle (浜田城, Hamada-jō) is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2]

Stone wall of Sannomaru base

Current

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks.^[3] In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.^[4]

Gokoku Shrine

Hamada Gokoku Shrine
濱田護國神社
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Type	Gokoku shrine (Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Hamada Gokoku Shrine [ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.^[5] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.^[6] Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939.^[7] It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle.^[8][6]

See also

• Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
• Hero shrine
• Martial temple and Wen Wu temple
• National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
• Eternal Spring Shrine
• Chinese Cultural Renaissance
• Ancestral shrine
• Gallant Garden
• Gokoku Shrines
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Valhalla (home to the souls of fallen warriors in Scandinavian mythology)
• Walhalla Shrine (a hall of fame in Germany honoring "commendable and honorable Germans")
• Eternal Spring Shrine
• The common end of myriad good deeds
• Greek hero cult

References

1. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田市観光協会 Official. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
2. "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田開府400年. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
3. "浜田城跡" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
4. "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
5. "別表神社とは？御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
6. https://www.kankou-hamada.org.e.aew.hp.transer.com/guidepost/6214 ^{[bare URL]}
7. TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. doi:10.1093/jcs/32.3.527. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 23917081.
8. "Ruins of Hamada Castle". handejapan19.html.xdomain.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

Literature

• De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.