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Okayama
Okayama Castle
岡山城
Look at the foot of the black keep and you'll see its base is not square but a lopsided pentagon.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 70CastleHilltop
Japan Castle Atlas
Ikeda Tadakatsu
池田忠雄
Son of Ikeda Terumasa and Tokuhime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He succeeded his brother Tadatsugu as lord of Okayama Castle in 1615.
Historical record
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In the 1620s he built Tsukimi Yagura at the northwest corner of the main enclosure: defensive on the outside, with iron-clad bay windows and drop-holes, and elegant on the inside, with a railed veranda. It survives as an Important Cultural Property.
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lord of Okayama who built Tsukimi YaguraRecord source: article
In-depth article
Okayama
Okayama Castle
岡山城
Look at the foot of the black keep and you'll see its base is not square but a lopsided pentagon.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 70CastleHilltop
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
Sources
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- 2本丸の見どころマップ(岡山城公式サイト)Checked:
- 3岡山城月見櫓(岡山市)Checked:
- 4池田忠雄(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: