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.
Tak1701dPublic domainWikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Ōsaki, Miyagi. Built around 1394, according to the sources below.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1394Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Date clan, Ujiie clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1868Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Earthen ramparts, Moats, Trench cuts (horikiri), Stone walls, Fortified gateways (koguchi), Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa)Wikipedia (ja)
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