Rebuilt / expanded
Tokugawa Ieyasu
徳川家康
1543–1616
The first shogun of the Tokugawa (Edo) shogunate. He moved to the Kanto region in 1590, made Edo Castle his base, and began the expansion that turned it into a vast castle.
投稿者が撮影Public domainWikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Osaka. Built around 1546, according to the sources below.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1546Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1615Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), MoatsWikipedia (ja)
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