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During the Sengoku period, because of constant warfare, many fortifications and castles were built. Archetypal Japanese castle construction is a product of the Momoyama period and early Edo period. [2] A new era of castle construction began when the daimyo Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle from 1576 to 1579. [3]
Castles of Japan; Japan Top 100 Castles and castle ruins Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine; Photos of Japanese Castles Archived 2013-03-30 at the Wayback Machine; The Japan's Modern Castles YouTube channel, featuring virtual tours of castle sites and discussing their modern history
K. Kaetsu border castle ruins; Kagamiyama Castle (Higashihiroshima) Kagenouma Kōgoishi; Kagomori Castle; Kagoshima Castle; Kamaha Castle; Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)
Kaneishi Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle, located at the foot of Shimizuyama, a mountain which had been fortified during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), and which was the stronghold of the Sō clan. It was originally called the "Kaneishi-no-yakata", and began as a fortified residence built by Sō Masamori in 1528.
This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability. Five of Japan's castles ( Hikone , Himeji , Inuyama , Matsue and Matsumoto ) are National Treasures .
Takamatsu Castle (高松城, Takamatsu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in central Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is also called Tamamo Castle (玉藻城, Tamamo-jō), literally "seaweed castle," for its seawater moats. The castle was headquarters of the Takamatsu Domain, which ruled eastern Sanuki Province ...
The castle compound was renamed Tokyo Castle (東京城, Tōkei-jō) [7] [user-generated source] in October, 1868, and then renamed Imperial Castle (皇城, Kōjō) in 1869. In the year Meiji 2 (1868), on the 23rd day of the 10th month of the Japanese calendar the emperor moved to Tokyo and Edo castle became an imperial palace.
This is a list of foreign-style castles in Japan. In Japan, the word ' 城 ( shiro ) has broader meanings than western world, so this list includes the buildings near to fortresses . Korean style castles