Built
Torii Tadamasa
鳥居忠政
1566–1628
A daimyo and retainer of the Tokugawa. He became lord of Yamagata in 1622 after the Mogami family was dispossessed, and his major rebuilding gave Yamagata Castle roughly the shape it has today.
あばさーPublic domainWikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Iwaki, Fukushima. Records credit Torii Tadamasa with building it in 1615.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikidata
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Torii TadamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1615Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Torii TadamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1868Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Earthen ramparts, MoatsWikipedia (ja)
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