Rebuilt / expanded
Yamazaki Ieharu
山崎家治
1594–1648
Became lord of western Sanuki (about 50,000 koku) in 1641 and rebuilt the abandoned Marugame Castle. Its high stone walls today date from the Yamazaki era.
Taken by YAPON(ja:利用者:YAPON)CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Reihoku, Kumamoto. Records credit Terazawa Hirotaka with building it in 1605.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Terazawa HirotakaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1605Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Yamasaki clan, Toda clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1670Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Trench cuts (horikiri), Turrets or turret bases, GatesWikipedia (ja)
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