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Kumamoto
Kumamoto Castle
熊本城
From a walkway 6 meters above the ground, you look down on stone walls toppled by an earthquake and the repairs happening right now.
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Hosokawa Tadatoshi
細川忠利
Lord of Kokura in Buzen who took over Higo in 1632 after the Kato family was removed. From then until the Meiji Restoration, Kumamoto Castle belonged to the Hosokawa. Skilled in both arts and arms, he invited the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi to spend his last years in Kumamoto.
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When he arrived, he is said to have stepped down from his palanquin in front of the castle's West Main Gate and bowed deeply in gratitude for being granted the 540,000-koku domain of Higo.
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first Hosokawa lord of the castleRecord source: article
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