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The Nagoya area was home to several fortifications that predated the current version of Nagoya castle. The first recorded structure was built by [[Shiba Takatsune]] at Kiyosu west of Nagoya late in the fourteenth century. This castle was eventually taken by [[Oda Nobunaga]] while unifying the province of [[Owari province|Owari]]. The [[Imagawa clan|family]] constructed the first known castle in Nagoya around 1525 (attributed to [[Imagawa Ujichika]]). This castle also fell to the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family, in this case [[Oda Nobuhide]], who took the castle in [[1532]] from [[Imagawa Ujitoyo]].  

The Nagoya area was home to several fortifications that predated the current version of Nagoya castle. The first recorded structure was built by [[Shiba Takatsune]] at Kiyosu west of Nagoya late in the fourteenth century. This castle was eventually taken by [[Oda Nobunaga]] while unifying the province of [[Owari province|Owari]]. The [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa family]] constructed the first known castle in Nagoya around 1525 (attributed to [[Imagawa Ujichika]]). This castle also fell to the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family, in this case [[Oda Nobuhide]], who took the castle in [[1532]] from [[Imagawa Ujitoyo]].  

The current version of Nagoya castle was built by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] for his seventh son [[Tokugawa Yoshinao|Yoshinao]] between [[1610]] and [[1612]]. Yoshinao became lord of Owari when Ieyasu’s fourth son, [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi]] passed away. It is located in present day Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture (the historical Owari province). As with many other castle restoration projects of the time, one of the main goals was to drain the coffers of the [[tozama]] daimyo and other former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalists (even those that had aided Ieyasu at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]]). ‘Requested’ to aid in the project were the [[Maeda clan]], [[Mori clan]], [[Kuroda clan]], [[Hosokawa clan]], [[Yamanouchi clan]], [[Nabeshima clan]], [[Kato clan]], [[Fukushima clan]], and 14 other clans. Foremost among these was master castle builder [[Kato Kiyomasa]], who supervised the construction of the [[ishigaki]]. Using bamboo screening to hide his techniques from prying eyes, Kato directed the efforts of 200,000 laborers and constructed the massive stone walls of Nagoya in about sixth months. Building materials were used both from the much smaller existing structure and also from nearby [[Kiyosu castle]]. The tenshu was completed in [[1612]], with the honmaru palace and other buildings added over the next few years.

The current version of Nagoya castle was built by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] for his seventh son [[Tokugawa Yoshinao|Yoshinao]] between [[1610]] and [[1612]]. Yoshinao became lord of Owari when Ieyasu’s fourth son, [[Tokugawa Tadayoshi|Tadayoshi]] passed away. It is located in present day Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture (the historical Owari province). As with many other castle restoration projects of the time, one of the main goals was to drain the coffers of the [[tozama]] daimyo and other former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalists (even those that had aided Ieyasu at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]]). ‘Requested’ to aid in the project were the [[Maeda clan]], [[Mori clan]], [[Kuroda clan]], [[Hosokawa clan]], [[Yamanouchi clan]], [[Nabeshima clan]], [[Kato clan]], [[Fukushima clan]], and 14 other clans. Foremost among these was master castle builder [[Kato Kiyomasa]], who supervised the construction of the [[ishigaki]]. Using bamboo screening to hide his techniques from prying eyes, Kato directed the efforts of 200,000 laborers and constructed the massive stone walls of Nagoya in about sixth months. Building materials were used both from the much smaller existing structure and also from nearby [[Kiyosu castle]]. The tenshu was completed in [[1612]], with the honmaru palace and other buildings added over the next few years.