Story of Matsumoto Castle, Japan

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Matsumoto Castle, originally Fukashi Castle is among the Japanese castles that were built on flat land next to a swamp, rather unusual in the mountains or the rivers. The lack of natural defenses led to the fortress to be built very well to protect the people who live in it.

To this end, the fortress was surrounded by a triple moat and high stone walls extremely strong. The fortress consists of three different rings of the fort, an outer wall of the ground nearly two miles in circumference, which are designed to remove the cannon fire, ring the inside of the housing for the Samurai, and then the main fort itself

Shimadachi Sadanaga of the Ogasawara clan Fukashi castle was at this point between 1504 1508 and at the end of the Sengoku or War "American period" built. The original fort was of the Takeda clan in 1550, and then Tokugawa Ieyasu (Tokugawa shogunate founder) removed.

After the reunification of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Ieyasu Tokugawa, the Kanto region and to the family of the castle Fukashi Ishikawa, who started the construction of this fortress in 1580. Yasunaga Ishikawa, the other daimyo built, the main donjon (main building and tower) of Matsumoto Castle in 1593-1594.

During the Tokugawa period (1603-1868), several families of daimyo control of the fort, including Matsudaira, Mizuno, and much more.

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Meiji Restoration in 1868, almost doom Matsumoto Castle wrote. The new Government was desperately short of money, so it chose Fort Daimyo past "and the sale of wood and metal fittings to destroy. Fortunately save a local conservationist Ichikawa Ryozo named the fort from Wreckers, and the communities that Matsumoto was purchased, in 1878.

Unfortunately, the area is not enough money to get the building. The main tower began the biggest threat in the early twentieth century low, so that the local schoolmaster, Kobayashi Unari, raising funds to restore it.

Although the castle is used as an aircraft manufacturer of Mitsubishi Corporation during the Second World War, miraculously escaped the Allied bombings. Matsumoto declared a national treasure in 1952.

Daimyo Kuroda Yoshitaka began building Nakatsu Castle, a fortress on the border of the flat land on the island of Kyushu, Fukuoka, in 1587. Yoshitaka Kuroda warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi initially placed on the area, but given the larger domain Kuroda for heroic deeds in the battle of Sekigahara the 1600th It was not the fastest builder, Kuroda left the castle is not complete.

He was replaced with complete Nakatsu Tadaoki Hosokawa, both Nakatsu and near Kokura Castle. After several generations, was of the Hosokawa clan Ogasawara, the territory up to the 1717th instead replaced

The last samurai clans to his own Nakatsu Castle Okudaira family who lived there from 1717 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

During the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, the last of the samurai class terkesiapan five-storey palace was burnt down.

Incarnation, Nakatsu Castle was built in 1964. It houses a large collection of samurai armor, weapons and other artifacts, and open to the public.

A look at your armor and weapons used by Yoshitaka daimyo and their samurai warrior clans, Nakatsu Castle. Yoshitaka family began building the fortress in 1587. Today, the palace museum houses some interesting artifacts from the Japanese shogunate.

The first fort, the current location of the Okayama Castle in Okayama Prefecture was, was built by the clan Nawa, between 1346 and 1369th At one time the castle was destroyed and daimyo Ukita Naoie wooden structure was built in the new five-story in 1573. His son Ukita Hideie to finish the job in 1597th

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Ukita Hideie adopted by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the death of his father and became rivals Terumasa Ikeda, son-in-law of Tokugawa Ieyasu. As Ikeda Terumasa held a "White Heron" Himeji Castle, about 40 km east, Utica Hideie own lock painted black in Okayama, calling it "Crow Castle." He has gold-plated tiles.

Unfortunately for the Ukita clan they lost control of the new fort was built after the Battle of Sekigahara only three years later. The Kobayakawas take control for two years until daimyo Kabayakawa Hideaki died suddenly at the age of 21 he may have been killed by the farmers or killed for political reasons.

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