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| − | *''Japanese:''駿府城''(Sunpu-jou)'' | + | *''Built: [[1585]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'' |
| − | *''Type:Flatland'' | + | *''Type: Flatland ''hirajiro'''' |
| − | *''Founder:Tokugawa Ieyasu''
| + | *''Demolished: [[1869]]'' |
| − | *''Year:[[1585]]''
| + | *''Reconstructed: 1989, 1996 (''yagura'')'' |
| − | *''Demolished:[[1869]]'' | + | *''Location: [[Shizuoka]], [[Suruga province]]'' |
| − | *''Reconstructed:1989,1996(Yagura)'' | + | *''Japanese'': 駿府城 ''(Sunpu-jou)'' |
| − | *''Location:[[Suruga province]]'' | + | |
| | + | Sunpu-jô was among [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] main bases of operations prior to his establishing himself in [[Edo]]. He also retired to Sunpu after passing the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] to his son, [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]. |
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| | + | In [[1610]], when Ieyasu met with [[Shimazu Iehisa]] and prisoner of war King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] at Sunpu, the castle featured three concentric rings of moats, and a five-story (seven floors) main keep tower (''tenshu'') decorated in gold, silver, tin, and bronze.<ref>"Shizuoka wo aruku" 静岡を歩く, ''Momoto'' モモト 14 (April 2013), n.p.</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | *[[Nihon no Meijo]] | | *[[Nihon no Meijo]] |
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| | [[Category:Castles]] | | [[Category:Castles]] |
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