En un regard
Le château en bref
The Mororan jin'ya belongs to the defensive network that the Tokugawa shogunate set up along the eastern coast of Ezo, present-day Hokkaidō, as foreign ships appeared more often. Guarding this shoreline fell to the Nanbu domain. According to the city of Muroran, Nitobe Jūjirō, father of Nitobe Inazō, led the survey work in 1855; construction then ran from the third to the ninth month of the third year of the Ansei era (1856). The city itemises the workforce: carpenters under the master builder Murata Sōkichi, plasterers, roofers, earthworkers and woodcutters. The camp then commanded a set of batteries, lookout posts and detachments, including the one at Sawara, another component of the same national site. The garrison stayed for a little over twelve years. In 1868, according to a tradition reported by the city, it refused to hand the post over to the new government, set it on fire in the eighth month and returned to its domain. The site was designated a national historic site on 1 May 1934, under a name that was modified in 1974. Between 1968 and 1972 the earthen banks and moats were repaired and the layout of the buildings made legible, after foundation stones and paved paths had been uncovered. Test trenches published in 2007 and excavations published in 2012 accompanied the later work.
- Époque de construction
- XIXᵉ siècle (1856)
- Localisation
- Muroran, Préfecture de Hokkaidō
- Protection
- Site historique national (1er mai 1934 ; dénomination et périmètre modifiés le 22 août 1974), composante des 東蝦夷地南部藩陣屋跡
- Accès au public
- Ouvert au public
- État
- Restauré
- Usage actuel
- Site archéologique
