Rebuilt / expanded
Tokugawa Ieyasu
徳川家康
1543–1616
The first shogun of the Tokugawa (Edo) shogunate. He moved to the Kanto region in 1590, made Edo Castle his base, and began the expansion that turned it into a vast castle.
Thomas vanierschotPublic domainWikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Kyoto. Records credit Toyotomi Hideyoshi with building it in 1592.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Mock keepa keep-shaped building where no keep existed, or where its appearance is unknownWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Toyotomi HideyoshiWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1592Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Tokugawa clan, Toyotomi clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1623Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Gates, Stone walls, Moats, Keep base (tenshudai)Wikipedia (ja)
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