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Maruoka Castle
Scale: 1/300
Skill Level: easy
Size (LxWxH): 87x133x83 mm (3x5x3 inch)
Maruoka is the only surviving tower fortress in the Hokuriku Region. Shigeru Ishihara has developed a model of the castle in its current state. It is a great addition to the series of Japanese castles in 1:300 scale.
| Product type | Papermodel |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Facet |
| Scale | 1/300 |
| Designer | Shigeru Ishihara |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Sheet size | DIN A4 |
| Sheets | 2 |
| Length | 87 mm (3.43 inch) |
| Width | 133 mm (5.24 inch) |
| Height | 83 mm (3.27 inch) |
| Bauanleitung | Pictures |
Maruoka Castle is the only remaining castle tower in the Hokuriku region. The castle tower is a double-storey, independent watchtower-style structure, and its roof tiles are not made of clay but of Shakudani stone, a type of stone made from hardened volcanic ash mined in Fukui Prefecture to prevent cracking in cold weather. The castle was built in 1576 (Tensho 4) by Oda Nobunaga as a precaution against the Echizen Ikko Ikki uprising, with Shibata Katsuie's nephew, Katsutoyo, overseeing its construction.
During the Edo period, Maruoka Castle was part of the Fukui Domain. However, in 1624 (Kan'ei 1), Matsudaira Tadanao, the second head of the Fukui Domain, was exiled to Bungo, and the Fukui Domain's fief was reduced. Honda Shigeshige, who was the lord of Maruoka Castle at the time, became a daimyo, leading to the establishment of the Maruoka Domain. Later, the lordship of the domain shifted from the Honda clan to the Arima clan, and Maruoka Castle served as the administrative center of the Maruoka Domain until the Meiji era.
