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  2. List of castles in Japan - Wikipedia

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    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. Himeji Castle (World Heritage Site)

  3. Japanese castle - Wikipedia

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    Japan's Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 374. ISBN 9781108481946. Clements, Jonathan (2010). A Brief History of the Samurai: A New History of the Warrior Elite. London: Constable and Robinson. De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 ...

  4. List of National Treasures of Japan (castles) - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. [3] There are 26 sites listed in Japan, with a further four sites on the tentative list. [3] Japan's first entries to the list took place in 1993, when four sites were inscribed. The most recent site, the Sado mine, was listed in 2024.

  6. List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period - Wikipedia

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    Red: Toyotomi Hideyoshi Japan in 1600 (Battle of Sekigahara) Red: Western Army (Ishida Mitsunari, Mōri Terumoto) Cyan: Eastern Army (Tokugawa Ieyasu) Gray: Neutral Japan in 1614 (Siege of Osaka) Cyan: Tokugawa shogunate Red: Toyotomi Hideyori. This is a list of daimyōs from the Sengoku period of Japan.

  7. List of foreign-style castles in Japan - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Himeji Castle - Wikipedia

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    Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō) ([çimeʑiꜜʑoː] ⓘ) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. [7]

  9. 100 Fine Castles of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Association (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.