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蒲生郷成
A warrior who served Gamo Ujisato and his son Hideyuki. Originally named Saka Genjiro, he was granted the Gamo surname for his deeds in the Kyushu campaign. An expert in stone walls, as lord of Kasama he used stonemasons from Omi to build the walls that framed the Edo-period castle.
The early Edo-period memoir Ishikawa Shosai Kenmonshu says Satonari built on Kasama's mountaintop a structure that looked like a keep from outside, cleverly raising posts of different lengths on the bare rock, and praises him as a man of real ingenuity. He is thought to have been sent to one Gamo castle after another, including Miharu, to build stone walls.
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Kasama, Ibaraki
笠間城
The worship hall of the shrine on the summit is said to be the castle's remodeled keep turret, on a mountain castle with stone walls, a rarity in the Kanto region.
lord who built the stone wallsRecord source: article
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Kasama, Ibaraki
笠間城
The worship hall of the shrine on the summit is said to be the castle's remodeled keep turret, on a mountain castle with stone walls, a rarity in the Kanto region.
LordRecord source: wikipedia
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Kasama, Ibaraki
笠間城
The worship hall of the shrine on the summit is said to be the castle's remodeled keep turret, on a mountain castle with stone walls, a rarity in the Kanto region.
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
