Hahi japan
On the eastern edge of the samurai district.ĭistrict, where two impressive merchant residences are located: the Kikuya and Kobuta residences. Statues are usually white as white horsesĪre expected to bring sunny weather. (In Shinto horses are regarded as intermediates between the world of Located in the southeastern corner of the old samurai district. Kasuga shrine, one of the many branches of the The taller part of the house,īuilt on top of a stone wall, was used to check the surrounding grounds.
Longer exists) of the Fukuhara family, the chiefīordered by high walls on both sides and makes successive right angles forīelieved to have been used for weapon storage. Tenjuin graveyard, where Mori Terumoto is buried, along with his wife. Long and a width of 5m this nagaya is the largestįormer samurai residence remaining in Hagi. Side of the house, each serving as a samurai residence. Remains of the residence built in 1856 is a tenement nagaya,Ī long house made of a succession of separate rooms, opening all on the same Five Mori lordsīronze statue of Lord Mori Terumoto (1553-1625), the founder of the Hagi domain, a short distance south of the castle that heįormer residence of the Asa Mori family, a branch of the large Mori clan. Shrine constructed in 1878, located at the end of the alley. With a large stone torii, leading to the Shizukiyama shrine. Teahouse and a Shinto shrine built in the 19th century at its center.ĭifferent times of the day. The outer walls now enclose a beautiful park, Shizuki-koen, planted with hundreds of cherry trees, with a Today, only outer defense walls and part of the The castle was dismantled in 1874ĭuring the Meiji restoration. It was built by Lord Mori Terumoto in 1604 at the foot and on the slopes of a 143m Seen from the birthplace of Shoin Yoshida located onĪ hill east of the Matsumoto- gawa above the Shoin shrine. The first (this one) is about places located on the The graveyards of the Mori lords at the Buddhist Daishoin The old samurai and merchant districts (respectively, called Horiuchi and Jokamachi) are well The Meiji restoration, the former grounds of the castle now constitute aīeautiful park, especially during sakura (cherryīlossom). Although its castle has been dismantled at People from Hagi contributed to the fall of theĭespite its relatively small size. The loser, Mori Terumoto, and that 268 years later In 1600 led to the formation of the Hagi domain by There is some irony in the fact that the victory of Ieyasu Tokugawa at the battle of Sekigahara Although he was executed 9 yearsīefore the Meiji restoration, several of his students fought against the shogunate and became political and military leaders during
(1830-1859), developed revolutionary ideas and taught them in a small private Man from a modest samurai family, Yoshida Shoin Subsequent restoration of power to the emperor. Revolution of Japan, by experimenting with technologies from Western nations,Īnd to the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Type of ceramic pottery considered one of the best in Japan, which contributedĪnd the Meiji era, Hagi played an important role as He managed his reduced domain well, held the Mori clan together,Īnd patronized the development of the Hagi ware, a Perhaps a mediocre general, he was nevertheless a goodĪdministrator. He retreated to HagiĪnd made it into his new stronghold, where he built the HagiĬastle in 1604. Following Tokugawa′s victory at the battle of Sekigahara (October 21, 1600), Terumoto He was then controlling a large domain centered on Hiroshima, where Powerful member of the Council of the Five Great Elders appointed by Hideyoshi, along with Ieyasu In the late 1500s, as a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he was a Terumoto was the grandson of the great warlord Mori Motonari. The domain, starting with its founder Mori Terumoto. Restoration, for more than 260 years, Hagi was theįief of the Mori clan and the capital of the Hagi domain,Īlso known as the Choshu domain, which approximatelyĬovered the present Yamaguchi prefecture. The rest of the city is built on theĮastern side of the Matsumoto- gawa and the southernĪnd western sides of the Hashimoto- gawa. The island is flat, except for Mount Shizuki (143m)
Island bounded by the Sea of Japan to the north and two branches of the Abu- gawa, the Matsumoto- gawa to theĮast and the Hashimoto- gawa to the south and west.
Located in the southern part of the San-in coast, on the delta formed by theĪbu- gawa (river).