Japan Castle Atlas

Kyōgoku Tadataka

京極忠高

Years: 1593–1637

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

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The National Treasure keep seen from the main enclosure, March 2015. Completed around 1611, it is one of Japan's original surviving keeps. The lower wing in front is the attached entrance turret (tsuke-yagura).

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Matsue, Shimane

Matsue Castle

松江城

Two prayer tablets dated "first month of Keicho 16" (early 1611) turned up, and that discovery helped make this keep a National Treasure.

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