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*''Japanese:''駿府城''(Sunpu-jou)''
*''Built: [[1585]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]''
*''Type:Flatland''
*''Type: Flatland ''hirajiro''''
*''Demolished: [[1869]]''
*''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]].
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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*[[Nihon no Meijo]]
*[[Nihon no Meijo]]
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