Lord
Matsudaira clan
松平氏
Public domainWikimedia CommonsSaga · Karatsu
Karatsu Castle
唐津城
Karatsu, Saga
CastleHilltop castle (hirayamajiro)Next 100 Fine Castles No. 185
A hilltop castle in Karatsu, Saga. Records credit Terazawa Hirotaka with building it in 1608.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainJapan Castle Foundation
- 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
- Terazawa HirotakaJapan Castle Foundation
- Built
- 1608Japan Castle Foundation
- Main lords
- Matsudaira clan, Ōkubo clan, Mizuno clan, Ogasawara clan, Doi clanJapan Castle Foundation
- Abandoned
- 1871Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Moats, Turrets or turret bases, GatesWikipedia (ja)
- Selection
- Next 100 Fine Castles No. 185Japan Castle Foundation
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