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南部信直
Head of the Sannohe branch of the Nanbu clan and first lord of the Morioka domain. Confirmed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi as lord of seven districts, he decided to move his seat from Sannohe to Kozukata (Morioka).
He destroyed the Shiba clan in 1588 and was confirmed in his lands by Hideyoshi in 1590. In 1591, on the advice of Hideyoshi's senior retainer Asano Nagamasa, he decided to move his seat, and in 1597 he is said to have broken ground for Morioka Castle with his heir Toshinao as chief overseer.
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Morioka, Iwate
盛岡城
Almost no buildings survive, yet the stone walls alone tell 90 years of castle building, from rough natural stones laid around 1600 to neatly squared blocks dated 1686, all within one castle.
began the castle; first lordRecord source: article
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Ninohe, Iwate
九戸城
The last battlefield of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to unite Japan, with main-enclosure stone walls, raised after the castle fell, that are thought to be the oldest castle walls in the Tohoku region.
renamed the castle Fukuoka Castle and made it his baseRecord source: article
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Morioka, Iwate
盛岡城
Almost no buildings survive, yet the stone walls alone tell 90 years of castle building, from rough natural stones laid around 1600 to neatly squared blocks dated 1686, all within one castle.
BuiltRecord source: jokaku
