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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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Matsudaira Sadayuki
松平定行
A daimyo and nephew of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He moved from Kuwana in Ise to Matsuyama in 1635 with a 150,000-koku domain, and his descendants, the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) family, ruled Matsuyama until the Meiji Restoration.
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He is said to have rebuilt the inner citadel and reshaped the keep into three tiers. While guarding the port of Nagasaki he reportedly fell for a Portuguese sweet and brought the recipe back to Matsuyama, which is said to be the origin of the local cake called 'taruto'.
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first Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) lord of MatsuyamaRecord source: article
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