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.
BaristonCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Okazaki, Aichi. Records credit Matsudaira Yasuchika, Matsudaira Nobumitsu with building it in 1421.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Matsudaira Yasuchika, Matsudaira NobumitsuWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1421Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Matsudaira Yasuchika, Matsudaira NobumitsuWikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Moats, Fortified gateways (koguchi)Wikipedia (ja)
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