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福島正則
A warrior who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi from childhood and one of the famed "Seven Spears of Shizugatake." He sided with Tokugawa at Sekigahara and in 1600 became lord of Aki and Bingo provinces, based at Hiroshima Castle.
He was rebuked for repairing Hiroshima Castle, damaged by a great flood in 1617, without notifying the shogunate. Having failed to fully carry out the conditions imposed, such as tearing down the new work, he lost Hiroshima in 1619. His retainers, on his instructions, handed over the castle in good order, and their conduct was later held up as a model for retainers of dispossessed lords.
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Hiroshima
広島城
The keep felled by the atomic bomb was rebuilt in concrete as a symbol of recovery. In 2026 that keep closed its doors, and the city is now studying a rebuild in wood.
lord of the castle, 1600–1619Record source: article
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Hiroshima
広島城
The keep felled by the atomic bomb was rebuilt in concrete as a symbol of recovery. In 2026 that keep closed its doors, and the city is now studying a rebuild in wood.
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
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Ōtake, Hiroshima
亀居城
BuiltRecord source: wikipedia
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Fukuyama, Hiroshima
鞆城
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
