“Early Modern Castle Sites in Modern Japan” Report of the Research Symposium on the Preservation and Utilization of Historic Sites in FY 2016 Table of Contents Preface Introduction Early Modern Castle Sites in Modern Japan‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 1 UCHIDA Kazunobu (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) Ⅰ Reports Outline of the Symposium‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 4 1. Local Patriotism and Castle Sites in the Modern Era: ‥ Centered on Domain Founders and Cherry Trees‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 5 TAKAGI Hiroshi (Kyoto University) 2. Shrines and Commemorative Markers at Early Modern Castle Sites‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥15 HAGA Shōji (Nagoya University) 3. Scenic Beauty and the Conversions of Castle Sites to Public Parks, Imitation Castle Keeps and Scenery‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥23 NONAKA Katsutoshi (University of Tsukuba) 4. Modern Structural Remains Located at Early Modern Castle Sites‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥33 UCHIDA Kazunobu (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) Record of the Discussion‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥74 Ⅱ Related Papers 1. Surviving Castles and Abolished Castles: When Did Castles Cease?‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥88 MORIYAMA Eiichi (Castle Researcher) 2. Origins of the Castle Preservation Movement: Activities of Government Figures in the Early Meiji Period for Preserving Castles and Their Background‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 125 MORIYAMA Eiichi (Castle Researcher) 3. Memo on the Protection of Early Modern Castles‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 135 SATŌ Masatomo (Cultural Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs) 4. On the Works of Modern Architects at Early Modern Castle Sites‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 143 FUKUSHIMA Hirohito (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) ⅢCase Studies 1. Regarding the Circumstances Behind the Tottori Castle Site Cherry Trees, Their Current State and Issues: Castle Sites' Utilization as Public Parks and Their Planted Vegetation‥‥‥‥ 161 SASAKI Takafumi (Board of Education, Tottori City) 2. The Takatō Castle Site and the Takatō Winter-Flowering Cherry Trees: Coexistence of a Historic Site and the Best Cherries in the Land‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 169 ŌSAWA Kazuko (Board of Education, Ina City) 3. Current State and Issues in the Management of Historic Site Ueda Castle:From the Examples of the New Construction of the Sanada Shrine Officeand the Removal of the Civic Center ‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 177 WANEZAKI Tsuyoshi (Board of Education, Ueda City) 4. Park Management at Historic Site Wakayama Castle: Centered on Management by Honda Seiroku and Mori Osamu‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 185 ŌYAMA Ryōsuke (Industrial City Development Bureau, Wakayama City) 5. On the Transformation to Kaikoen Garden: Komoro Castle Site and Kaikoen Garden‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 193 SANTŌ Takehiro ( Board of Education, Komoro City) 6. On the Current State of Amagasaki Castle Site and Community Development Plans for the Castle recinct: Efforts at Community Development and Preserving the Vanished Form of Amagasaki Castle‥ ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 199 MASUDA Hiyoshi (Board of Education, Amagasaki City) 7. Preservation and Utilization of Modern Architecture in the Environs of Nagoya Castle Seen in the Nagoya City Plan for the Maintenance and Improvement of Historic Scenery‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 207 MATSUDA Kazuhiko (Bureau of Tourism, Culture and Exchange, Nagoya City) Table of Contents 215.