Built
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
豊臣秀吉
1537–1598
The warlord who carried on Oda Nobunaga's work and unified Japan. In 1583 he began building Osaka Castle on the site of the Osaka Hongan-ji temple.
Kyoto ShinjōFlatland castle (hirajiro) · CastleNo photo of this castle yet
A flatland castle in Kyoto. Records credit Toyotomi Hideyoshi with building it in 1597.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Toyotomi HideyoshiWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1597Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi HideyoriWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1627Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone wallsWikipedia (ja)
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