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History

Warloads' Dream

​About 300 years of Castle History

  Muromachi Shogunate Period (14C- 16C)
  • 1349: The castle was built by Atsunori Bessho, a member of the   Akamatsu clan, the leading feudal lords in the Harima area
  • 1441: Kakitsu Rebellion, the Akamatsu clan killed the sixth shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate and rebelled, but were destroyed by the Shogunate forces. The Rikan Castle was confiscated by the Shogunate​
  • 1446: Harusada Bessho retook the castle. 
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  Warring States Period (16C)
  • 1578: The castle was attacked by Katsuhisa Amago and fell. 
  • The Amago clan was defeted by Mouri clan.
  • The castle was took by Naoie Ukita, of Mouri clan. 
  • 1600:Yoshiyuki Ikeda,  a nephew of famous feudal lord of Himej Castle,Terumasa Ikeda, became the lord of Hirafuku.
  • Yoshiyuki had renovated Rikan Castle including a three-story keep and constructed a castle town in five years.
  • After its completion, the keep was torn down by order ofTerumasa, who feared that the Tokugawa Shogunate would beala rmed by the solid keep.​
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Himeji Castle

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Terumasa Ikeda, Lord of Himeji Castle

  Edo Shogunate Period (17C- 19C)

  • 1609: Yoshiyuki left Hirafuku for Bizen domain

  • 1615: Teruoki Ikeda, Terumasa's sixth son, became the lord of the Hirafuku domain.

  • 1631: Teruoki became the lord of Ako domain and left Hirafuku. 

  • The castle is closed along with the abolition of the Hirafuk domain

  • From then on, Hirafuku town became the domain of the Matsudaira clan, a shogunal retainer, and a deputy governor had ruled this area over 230 years during Edo Shogunate Period to the modern Meiji era (19C).

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Hirafuku Post Town in Edo period

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