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Hamada, Shimane
Hamada Castle
浜田城
In 1866, with the Choshu army closing in, the Hamada domain set fire to its own castle and withdrew.
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Matsudaira Takeakira
松平武聡
The last lord of Hamada, a son of Mito lord Tokugawa Nariaki and a younger half-brother of the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. In 1866 he abandoned Hamada Castle after defeat by Choshu forces.
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On July 18, 1866, with the Choshu army advancing on Hamada, his side set fire to the castle and withdrew. He later moved to Tsuruta in Mimasaka (Okayama Prefecture).
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