Cherry Blossom Garden at Fushimi Momoyama Castle, Kyoto

Cherry Blossom Garden at Fushimi Momoyama Castle, Kyoto

Fushimi Castle (伏見城, Fushimi-jō), also known as Momoyama Castle (桃山城, Momoyama-jō) or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle (伏見桃山城), is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.

Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉, 17 March 1537 – 18 September 1598) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second “Great Unifier” of Japan.

The castle was destroyed in 1596 and rebuilt before eventually being demolished in 1623 and its site later used for the tomb of Emperor Meiji.

The current Fushimi Castle is a replica constructed in 1964 near the original site in Fushimi.

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