Lord
Shimazu Tadatsune (Iehisa)
島津忠恒(家久)
1576–1638
Head of the Shimazu family of Satsuma, who built Kagoshima (Tsurumaru) Castle around 1601. He later took the name Iehisa.
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A flatland castle in Kagoshima, Kagoshima. Records credit Shimazu Takahisa with building it in 1550.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Shimazu TakahisaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1550Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Shimazu Tadatsune (Iehisa), Shimazu Yoshihisa, Shimazu TakahisaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1602Wikipedia (ja)
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