Lord
Matsudaira Yorishige
松平頼重
1622–1695
A grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and elder brother of Tokugawa Mitsukuni of Mito. He became lord of Takamatsu in 1642, the first of 11 generations of Matsudaira lords who ruled for 228 years.
Miyuki MeinakaPublic domainWikimedia CommonsA castle in Chikusei, Ibaraki. Built around 1478, according to the sources below.
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- Type
- Castle
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built
- 1478Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Matsudaira Yorishige, Ishikawa clan, Kuroda clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1869Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), MoatsWikipedia (ja)
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