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Toyohashi, Aichi
Yoshida Castle
吉田城
On the bank of the Toyo River, a white turret built in 1954 sits on top of rough stone walls laid in Ikeda Terumasa's day.
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Sakai Tadatsugu
酒井忠次
A senior retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. When Ieyasu took Yoshida Castle in 1565, he put Tadatsugu in charge of it and of the warriors of eastern Mikawa.
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Excavations show that new moats were dug under Tadatsugu, including a V-shaped yagen-bori moat. In his time the castle's main entrance is thought to have faced east, at Akumi-guchi.
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made lord of the castle by IeyasuRecord source: article
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- 1東海の名城 吉田城(パンフレット、豊橋市教育委員会)Checked:
- 2酒井忠次(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: