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Miyagi
Sendai Castle
仙台城
Inside the 17-meter stone wall of the main enclosure, archaeologists found two older walls, each built and then buried after earthquakes brought it down.
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Date Tadamune
伊達忠宗
Second lord of the Sendai domain and son of Date Masamune. He added the Ninomaru (second enclosure) at the foot of the hill below the mountaintop main enclosure, and from then on the Ninomaru was the center of domain government.
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He received permission to build the Ninomaru in 1638, and it was finished in the sixth month of 1639. The move downhill is thought to have been made because the hilltop main enclosure was hard to get to and from.
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built the NinomaruRecord source: article
In-depth article
Miyagi
Sendai Castle
仙台城
Inside the 17-meter stone wall of the main enclosure, archaeologists found two older walls, each built and then buried after earthquakes brought it down.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 8CastleMountain
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
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- 1仙台城の紹介-仙台城の歴史-Checked:
- 2仙台城(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: