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Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Castle
鹿児島城
The castle where the Shimazu, lords of a vast 770,000-koku domain, chose not to build a keep.
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Shimazu Tadatsune (Iehisa)
島津忠恒(家久)
Head of the Shimazu family of Satsuma, who built Kagoshima (Tsurumaru) Castle around 1601. He later took the name Iehisa.
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Although he ruled a vast 770,000-koku domain, he built no keep at Kagoshima Castle. Kagoshima Prefecture explains this as a deliberate choice by an old family that valued tradition: a residence modeled on the Muromachi shoguns' palace, backed by a mountain stronghold.
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Kagoshima, Kagoshima
Kagoshima Castle
鹿児島城
The castle where the Shimazu, lords of a vast 770,000-koku domain, chose not to build a keep.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 97CastleHilltop
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Kagoshima, Kagoshima
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Sources
- 1リーフレット「天守を築かなかった城 鹿児島城跡」(鹿児島県)Checked:
- 2島津忠恒(補助資料・Wikipedia日本語版)Checked: