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1537 –1559
1560 –1568
1568
Takeda Shingen Invades Suruga
Takeda Shingen invaded Imagawa Ujizane's province of Suruga and occupied Sunpu. The Later Hōjō, bound to the Imagawa by marriage, broke with the Takeda, bringing the tripartite alliance to an end.
1568 map — the year of Takeda Shingen Invades Suruga1569
1570 –1572
1573 –1580
1581
1582
Month 3Tokugawa Ieyasu Receives Suruga Province
After the fall of the Takeda, Oda Nobunaga granted Suruga Province to Tokugawa Ieyasu, making him lord of Suruga as well as Mikawa and Tōtōmi.
1582 map — the year of Tokugawa Ieyasu Receives Suruga Province1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591 –1597
中村一氏
豊臣氏1598 –1599
中村一氏
豊臣氏1600
1601 –1602
1603 –1616
1606
Tokugawa Ieyasu Designates Sunpu as Center of Retired Government
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had transferred the shogunate to Hidetada and become ōgosho, decided to make Sunpu the base for his retired government. The actual construction began the following year.
1606 map — the year of Tokugawa Ieyasu Designates Sunpu as Center of Retired Government1607
5/23Great Construction of Sunpu Castle Begins
A major reconstruction of Sunpu Castle began with daimyo mobilized from across Japan to create the base of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retired-shogun government.
1607 map — the year of Great Construction of Sunpu Castle Begins1608
Sunpu Castle Keep Is Topped Out
During the reconstruction of Sunpu Castle after the previous year's fire, the Honmaru palace was rebuilt and the castle keep was topped out.
1608 map — the year of Sunpu Castle Keep Is Topped Out1616
4/17Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sunpu Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had directed national politics as ōgosho, died at Sunpu Castle at the age of 75. By his will his remains were buried at Kunōzan, and the dual structure of Sunpu and Edo was consolidated under Hidetada.
1616 map — the year of Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sunpu CastleAdvertisement