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*''Japanese:''丸亀城''(Marugame-jou)''
*''Type:Flatland-Mountain''
*''Founder:Ikoma Chikamasa''
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Located in Marugame City in Kagawa Prefecture (the historical [[Sanuki province]]), Marugame castle had its beginnings in the early [[Muromachi period]] as fortifications built by the [[Nara clan]] (retainers of the [[Hosokawa clan]]). In [[1587]], [[Ikoma Chikamasa]] received Sanuki as his fief and built [[Takamatsu castle]] as his center of power. He gave control of Marugame castle to his son, [[Ikoma Kazumasa|Kazumasa]], in [[1597]].
Located in Marugame City in Kagawa Prefecture (the historical [[Sanuki province]]), Marugame castle had its beginnings in the early [[Muromachi period]] as fortifications built by the [[Nara clan]] (retainers of the [[Hosokawa clan]]). In [[1587]], [[Ikoma Chikamasa]] received Sanuki as his fief and built [[Takamatsu castle]] as his center of power. He gave control of Marugame castle to his son, [[Ikoma Kazumasa|Kazumasa]], in [[1597]].
