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Osaka
Osaka Castle
大阪城
Under the stone walls you see today, Hideyoshi's original Osaka Castle lies buried.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 50CastleHilltop
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
豊臣秀吉
The warlord who carried on Oda Nobunaga's work and unified Japan. In 1583 he began building Osaka Castle on the site of the Osaka Hongan-ji temple.
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Hideyoshi and his wife Nene, and later Yodo-dono and Hideyori, lived in the Tsumenomaru at the heart of his castle. Its wall lay buried under Tokugawa fill until it was found in 1984; it can now be seen in the Toyotomi Stone Wall Museum.
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built the first castleRecord source: article
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姫路城
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built an earlier three-tier keepRecord source: article
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For just seven years, daimyo from all over Japan camped around this headland.
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ordered it built as the base for the invasions of KoreaRecord source: article
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For just seven years, daimyo from all over Japan camped around this headland.
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Nagoya Castle
名護屋城
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Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 87CastleHilltop
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Osaka
Osaka Castle
大阪城
Under the stone walls you see today, Hideyoshi's original Osaka Castle lies buried.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 50CastleHilltop
BuiltRecord source: jokaku
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Himeji Castle
姫路城
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Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 59CastleHilltop
BuiltRecord source: jokaku
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姫路城
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Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 59CastleHilltop
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
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小谷城
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太閤ヶ平
CastleNo keep recorded
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太閤ヶ平
CastleNo keep recorded
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郡山城
CastleHilltop
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CastleFlatland
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京都新城
CastleFlatland
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京都新城
CastleFlatland
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向島城
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向島城
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水俣城
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