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Matsudaira Katsuyoshi

松平勝善

Years: 1817–1856

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

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The inner citadel (hondan) seen from the main enclosure, January 2017. On top of the tall stone wall, the keep, small keep and turrets are linked by corridors. The keep itself survives from the Edo period; the small keep and turrets around it were rebuilt in wood in 1968.

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Matsuyama, Ehime

Matsuyama Castle

松山城

The keep was finished the year after Perry's Black Ships arrived, and its roof tiles bear the hollyhock crest of the Tokugawa clan.

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Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia