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*''Founder:Ishikawa Kazumasa, Ishikawa Yasunaga''

*''Founder:Ishikawa Kazumasa, Ishikawa Yasunaga''

*''Year:1597''

*''Year:1597''

Matsumoto castle was originally known as Fukashi castle and is located in Matsumoto City in modern day Nagano Prefecture (in a section belonging to the former province of [[Shinano province|Shinano]]). This area by the Japan Alps was controlled by the [[Ogasawara]] family from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries until [[1550]] when they were conquered by [[Takeda Shingen]]. It remained under the auspices of the Takeda until Shingen’s death, when the Ogasawara again took possession. After the forces of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] defeated the [[Hojo]] at [[Odawara castle]], the Ogasawara were moved Ito the [[Kanto]]. Hideyoshi then gave control of Matsumoto to his vassal [[Ishikawa Kazumasa]]. In [[1593]] a major remodeling was undertaken by Kazumasa of the original castle built in [[1504]]. Although he died later that year, the work was completed by his son [[Ishikawa Yasunaga|Yasunaga]] in [[1597]]. In the province shuffling engaged in by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] after the [[Battle Of Sekigahara]], the Ogasawara were given Matsumoto for the third time. It was subsequently passed to the [[Matsudaira]] (who undertook additional construction), Hotta, and Mizuno clans. Finally, in 1725, the [[Toda]] were ensconced as its rulers and remained so until the [[Meiji Restoration]].  

Matsumoto castle was originally known as Fukashi castle and is located in Matsumoto City in modern day Nagano Prefecture (in a section belonging to the former province of [[Shinano province|Shinano]]). This area by the Japan Alps was controlled by the [[Ogasawara]] family from the thirteenth through the sixteenth centuries until [[1550]] when they were conquered by [[Takeda Shingen]]. It remained under the auspices of the Takeda until Shingen’s death, when the Ogasawara again took possession. After the forces of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] defeated the [[Hojo]] at [[Odawara castle]], the Ogasawara were moved Ito the [[Kanto]]. Hideyoshi then gave control of Matsumoto to his vassal [[Ishikawa Kazumasa]]. In [[1593]] a major remodeling was undertaken by Kazumasa of the original castle built in [[1504]]. Although he died later that year, the work was completed by his son [[Ishikawa Yasunaga|Yasunaga]] in [[1597]]. In the province shuffling engaged in by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] after the [[Battle Of Sekigahara]], the Ogasawara were given Matsumoto for the third time. It was subsequently passed to the [[Matsudaira]] (who undertook additional construction), Hotta, and Mizuno clans. Finally, in 1725, the [[Toda]] were ensconced as its rulers and remained so until the [[Meiji Restoration]].