Lord
Kikkawa Hiroie
吉川広家
1561–1625
A warlord from a branch of the Mori clan. After the Battle of Sekigahara he was given Iwakuni, where he built Iwakuni Castle on Shiroyama and became the first lord of Iwakuni.
OS6CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA castle in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima. It is said to have been built by Kikkawa Motoharu.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Kikkawa MotoharuWikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kikkawa Hiroie, Kikkawa Motoharu, Kikkawa MotonagaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1591Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Earthen ramparts, Moats, WellsWikipedia (ja)
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