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The fort was built by the Tokugawa shogunate, he ordered Takeda Ayasaburō to design the fort for the purpose of protecting Tsugaru Strait. [3] It became the capital of the Republic of Ezo, a state that existed only in 1869. It was the site of the last battle of the Boshin War between the Republic and the Empire of Japan. The fighting lasted ...
Ainu hilltop fort or chashi; the name is derived from the Ainu terms for "sand" (ota) and "whale" (funbe) [6 42°49′32″N 143°50′34″E / 42.82542292°N 143.8428036°E / 42.82542292; 143.8428036 ( Otafunbe Chashi
Hakodate, Hokkaido: 1855: Vauban style star fort [6] Reconstructed Tatsuoka Castle: Saku, Nagano Prefecture: 1864-1867: Vauban style star fort [7] One Building remains Shiryōkaku: Hakodate, Hokkaido: 1869: French style bastion fort [8] Ruins Shichiryōkaku: Nanae, Hokkaido? French style bastion fort [8] Ruins
Star fort of the Republic of Ezo Hokkaido Hakodate Hakodate , Hokkaidō 41°47′49.8″N 140°45′24.3″E / 41.797167°N 140.756750°E / 41.797167; 140.
Hokkaido was formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso. [4] Although Japanese settlers ruled the southern tip of the island since the 16th century, Hokkaido was primarily inhabited by the Ainu people. [5] In 1869, following the Meiji Restoration, the entire island was annexed, colonized and renamed Hokkaido by Japan.
Shiryōkaku (四稜郭) (literally, "four-point fort") is a fort in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaidō, Japan. It was constructed in April 1869, during the Battle of Hakodate , three kilometres to the northeast of Goryōkaku by two hundred soldiers of the former Tokugawa shogunate and a hundred local villagers, likely under the ...
Hakodate (like other parts of around Hokkaido) was originally populated by the Ainu. The name "Hakodate" may have originated from an Ainu word, "hak-casi" ("shallow fort"). Another possibility is that it means "box" or "building" in Japanese which refers to the castle built by the Kono (Kano) clan in the fifteenth century. [2]
Former Japanese National Railways Konpoku Line Koshikawa Viaduct 旧国鉄根北線 越川橋梁 kyū-Kokutetsu Konpoku-sen Koshikawa kyōryō: 1940: Shari: a ten-arch 147 metres (482 ft) long 21.7 metres (71 ft) high concrete railway bridge, the largest on the island; never complete, two piers were removed during work on Japan National Route ...