8th: Terao Castle in the Middle Ages (Part 1) wrapped in a riddle

There is a monument to Terao Castle Ruins in a corner of a residential area up the slope of Baba 3-chome from Tsurumi Station West Exit on the JR Keihin Tohoku Line to the Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Tonoyama bus stop. It is said that there was Terao Castle in the past on a hill called Tonoyama. It seems that the castle was not a magnificent building like the central keep, but a fort-like Yamashiro, but the whole picture of Terao Castle is wrapped in a riddle and has not yet been elucidated. It is reported that Shinshu's royal family, Suwa, built the castle around 1436, and in 1569, when Takeda Shingen attacked Odawara Castle, castle owner was on the defense of Odawara Castle and was attacked by Takeda's army while away and fell. .

Suwa is a tributary of the Suwa clan in Shinano, and is said to have advanced to Terao in Tsurumi during the Warring States period. It is noted in "Hojo-ki" that he was involved in battles in various places as a warlord serving the Odawara Hojo family. It is said that Mr. Suwa of Terao lived in Terao Castle for five generations and more than a hundred decades until it was destroyed in Tensho 3 (1575).
Mr. Suwa of Terao castle owner came to Soun Hojo at the stage where Mr. Gohojo achieved the unification of Sagami, and at the time of Odawara Castle Heisei, he was the first family to make achievements. It is also lined up. It is estimated that Mikawanokami Suwa is a person from the astronomical year (1532-1554), but the age of Suwa's construction of Terao topographical record Castle (1532-1554) according to the "Odawara Shosho territory book" (1532-1554).

In Kenko-ji's Reisho, "Daimyojin Shirohata is the general of Ashikaga Takashi. The 17th generation Yoshinori Ashikaga (6th generation) from General Takashi Takashi On June 5, 1435, Terao Castle owner Suwa recommended Shima Tsurunari. 298 years until 1731 (1731). The names of the successive castle owner of Terao Castle are also recorded as the second generation Suwa Sangamori, the third generation Saburo Taira, the fourth generation Sangamori, and the fifth generation Manojo Toki.

According to "Babamura Castle Ruins" in "New Edition Musashi topographical record", "Mikawanokami Suwa is the trace of the castle belonging to the Odawara Hojo family." It is still on a hill in the center of the village. If you have a history, moats are now buried, and only the miscellaneous trees are Shigeru. "Odawara Family's territory book" There is 200 Kanbun Terao Mikawanokami Suwa. In addition, "Odawaraki" also includes Musashi Terao's resident, Umasuke Suwa, and in the old record of Kenko-ji Temple in Saiderao Village, Myojin Shirohata, built in his village, said, "June 5, 1435 Terao's castle owner Suwa recommendation. " It should be Mikomori or his ancestors. According to this, it is known that during the Eikyo era, it will be a castle soon, "says the age of Terao Castle from the old record of Kenko-ji Temple (rei book).
In addition, in "New Edition Musashi topographical record Draft" and "Tsurumi-mura, Tachibana-gun, Suwa Family Residence", "It is located on a hill with 56-cho going right from the highway. There is a Daimatsu share. At the place where Suwa Gonojo lived in the area, it was a pine tree at that time. Therefore, even now, the pine trees in Suwa. A family member of the Hojo family, who is said to be Mikawanokami Suwa, who will occupy Terao Konobe, will appear in the territory of the house. Nonojo is his child, etc. "It is written that Suwa's house was located on the hillside where the place name Suwazaka remains.

It seems that Umanosuke Suwa was a military commander who excelled in valor. You can often see its name in military journals. In 1495, Soun Hojo negotiated a peace talk with Oogiya Uesugi in 1495 was "Musashi Terao's resident Suwa Umanosuke (" Hojoki "" Kamakura Kokata Kudaiki "). It seems that Mr. Suwa fought about Uesugikata during the Yuki battle. Also, in March 1554, during the Kashima battle between Ujiyasu Hojo and Harunobu Takeda fiercely fought in Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture), Umanosuke Suwa crossed Fujikawa as one of Odawarakata, and Umanosuke Suwa also became the first spear. It is written in "Hojo-ki" that he made it. In the Odawara Shosho territory book of Eiroku 2 (1559), when Hojo Odawara reached his heyday, Mikawanokami Suwa learned about 200 Kanbun and Terao, Kuraki-gun, and Edo people (Edo Castle) It is written that he was assigned to the army).

Near the ruins of Terao Castle, there is also Terao Inari, where the 5th generation castle owner Umanosuke Suwa prayed for equestrian improvement.