When the keep of Hikone-jo Castle was disjointed and repaired in 1957, some notes and inscriptions in India ink were found, which indicates the possibility that the keep of Hikone-jo Castle was built from the materials once used in the keep of Otsu-jo Castle. |
彦根城の天守がかつての大津城天守の用材を転用して建てられている可能性が、昭和32年(1957年)に行われた彦根城天守解体修理の際に符号、墨書きが見つかったことを根拠に示されている。 |