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南部利直
First lord of the Morioka domain, who built Morioka Castle with his father Nobunao and consolidated control over the Nanbu lands.
In 1627, on Toshinao's orders, the Ne Castle Nanbu were moved to Tono (in today's Iwate Prefecture), ending Ne Castle's three centuries as the center of the Hachinohe area.
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Hachinohe, Aomori
根城
A castle of earth and timber with no keep or stone walls, whose late-16th-century main enclosure has been rebuilt, building by building, from the post holes found in excavation.
moved the Ne Castle Nanbu to TonoRecord 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.
said to have overseen construction; second lordRecord source: article
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Hachinohe, Aomori
八戸城
BuiltRecord source: wikipedia
