Japan Castle Atlas

Kikkawa family

吉川氏

Builder and lord records come from the Japan Castle Foundation list and Japanese Wikipedia.

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Tottori, Tottori

Tottori Castle

鳥取城

At the foot of a stone wall bulges a second wall with no corners at all: the Maki-ishigaki, which Tottori City says is the only rounded wall of its kind at any castle in Japan.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 63CastleHilltop

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LordRecord source: jokaku

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Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Iwakuni Castle

岩国城

The keep on the hilltop was rebuilt about 50 m east of where the original stood, so that it could be seen from the town around Kintaikyo Bridge.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 74CastleMountain

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LordRecord source: jokaku

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Yasugi, Shimane

Gassantoda Castle

月山富田城

From the lord's mid-slope palace to the summit runs a single steep switchback, Nanamagari, climbed under fire from above: the defenses of the Amago clan's impregnable mountain castle.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 65CastleMountain

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LordRecord source: jokaku