⑬『篠脇城跡』の特徴
Features of Shinowaki Castle Ruins
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山城の斜面には、敵が簡単に登って来られないように、「竪堀（たてぼり）」と呼ばれる空堀が、垂直方向に連続して掘られています。これを「畝（うね）状竪堀群」と呼び、護りを固めるために造られた山城の一般的な仕掛けです。しかし『篠脇城』の畝状竪堀群は一風変わっていました。山頂の平坦地をぐるりと囲むように全斜面に掘られており、他の城跡には見られない『篠脇城』最大の特徴です。放射状に造られた竪堀は、籾を擦る臼に似ていたことから「臼（うす）の目堀」ともいわれています。『東氏12代目・常慶（つねよし）』が当主だった1540年（天文9年）、戦国大名の越前朝倉氏の攻撃を受けましたが、「臼の目堀を利用して丸太や石を落として撃退した」と史料に書き残されています。
◎「東氏記念館」で『篠脇城』のジオラマやパネルを展示しています。
◎「東氏記念館」で『篠脇城』のジオラマやパネルを展示しています。
Dry moats called tatebori (vertical moats) were dug into the slopes of mountain castles to prevent enemies from easily climbing them. These moats were often dug in a series and referred to as unejō tatebori gun (ridge-shaped vertical moats). This was a common defensive mechanism in mountain castles, designed to strengthen their defenses.
However, the unejō tatebori gun at Shinowaki Castle was unusual. It encircled the entire slope surrounding the leveled peak, making it the most distinctive feature of Shinowaki Castle—a design unseen in other castle ruins. Because these radially arranged tatebori resembled a millstone used for hulling rice, this formation is also called usu no mebori (millstone-eye moat).
In 1540, during the leadership of the twelfth head of the Tō Clan, Tsuneyoshi, the Echizen Asakura Clan—Sengoku daimyō (military leaders of the Warring States period)—attacked the Tō Clan. Writings remaining from the era state that the Asakura Clan was repelled by using the usu no mebori to drop logs and stones.
◦ A diorama and informational panels on Shinowaki Castle are on display at the Tōshi Memorial Museum.
However, the unejō tatebori gun at Shinowaki Castle was unusual. It encircled the entire slope surrounding the leveled peak, making it the most distinctive feature of Shinowaki Castle—a design unseen in other castle ruins. Because these radially arranged tatebori resembled a millstone used for hulling rice, this formation is also called usu no mebori (millstone-eye moat).
In 1540, during the leadership of the twelfth head of the Tō Clan, Tsuneyoshi, the Echizen Asakura Clan—Sengoku daimyō (military leaders of the Warring States period)—attacked the Tō Clan. Writings remaining from the era state that the Asakura Clan was repelled by using the usu no mebori to drop logs and stones.
◦ A diorama and informational panels on Shinowaki Castle are on display at the Tōshi Memorial Museum.