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Asano Nagamasa
浅野長政
1547–1611
A warlord who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Placed in charge of Kai Province with his son Yoshinaga in 1593, he completed Kofu Castle, which Hashiba Hidekatsu and Kato Mitsuyasu had begun.
立花左近CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA water castle in Otsu, Shiga. Records credit Asano Nagamasa with building it in 1586.
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- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Water castleuses lakes, rivers or marshes for defenceWikidata
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Keep lostthe castle had a keep, but it no longer stands (its stone base may remain)Wikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Asano NagamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1586Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Asano Nagamasa, Kyōgoku Takatsugu, Mashita Nagamori, Shinjo Naoyori, Toda KazuakiWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1601Wikipedia (ja)
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