Lord
Kuroda Nagamasa
黒田長政
1568–1623
Eldest son of Kuroda Kanbei and first lord of the Fukuoka domain. He played a major part in the Tokugawa victory at Sekigahara, received almost all of Chikuzen Province, and built Fukuoka Castle from 1601.
ぱちょぴ（投稿者）による撮影CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA sea castle in Fukuoka. It is said to have been built by Tachibana Akitoshi.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Sea castle (umijiro)faces the sea, often with seawater moatsWikidata
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Tachibana AkitoshiWikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kuroda Nagamasa, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Kobayakawa TakakageWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1602Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Trench cuts (horikiri), Earthen ramparts, Keep base (tenshudai), GatesWikipedia (ja)
People of this castle
Castles nearby
Tachibana Castle5.6 km · Not yet confirmed
1st Moat of Fukuoka Castle7.1 km · Not yet confirmed
2nd Moat of Fukuoka Castle7.2 km · Not yet confirmed
3rd Moat of Fukuoka Castle7.3 km · Not yet confirmed
4th Moat of Fukuoka Castle7.4 km · Not yet confirmed
5th Moat of Fukuoka Castle7.4 km · Not yet confirmedVisitor reviews
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