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*''Japanese:''小田原城''(Odawara-jou)''

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*''Type:Flatland-Mountain''

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*''Founder:Omori Yoriharu''

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*''Year:15C''

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*''Demolished:[[1871]]''

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*''Reconstructed:1960,1971,1997([[Tenshu]],Gates)''

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*''Location:[[Sagami province]]''

[[Image:Odawara-jo.JPG|right|thumb|Odawara castle]]

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[[Image:Umadashimon.JPG|right|thumb|Reconstructing Umadashimon gate(2008 May)]]

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*''Japanese:'' 小田原城 ''(Odawara-jou)''

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*''Type: Flatland-Mountain''

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*''Founder: [[Omori Yoriharu]]''

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*''Year: 15c''

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*''Demolished: [[1871]]''

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*''Reconstructed: 1960,1971,1997 (''tenshu'', gates)''

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*''Location: [[Sagami province]]''

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~~The base of~~ Odawara ~~castle~~ was ~~a mansion of [[Kobawakawa clan]]~~ in [[~~Kamakura period]].~~

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Odawara was among the most major castles in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] during the [[Sengoku period]], base of the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]] until its famous fall in the [[1590]] [[siege of Odawara]].

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~~The Kobayakawa was replaced by [[Omori Yoriharu]] in [[Muromachi period~~]].

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~~Odawara castle was built on a mountain~~ during the ~~rule of~~ [[~~Omori clan|Omori clan]].~~

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~~[[1495~~]], ~~[[Hojo Soun|Ise Shinkuro]] took over Odawara and~~ the ~~castle was expanded by the 5 generations of~~ [[Hojo clan|~~Hojo~~ clan]].

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~~The castle blocked invasions by~~ [[~~Uesugi Kenshin~~]]([[~~1561]]) and [[Takeda Shingen]]([[1569~~]]).

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In [[~~1590~~]], [[~~Toyotomi Hideyoshi~~]] ~~mobilized 150000 troops to Odawara~~ ([[~~Siege of Odawara~~]]).

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The base of Odawara castle was a mansion of the [[Kobayakawa clan]] in the [[Kamakura period]]. The Kobayakawa were replaced by [[Omori Yoriharu]] in the [[Muromachi period]]. Odawara castle was built by the [[Omori clan|Omori clan]] during this time. In [[1495]], the castle was then taken by [[Hojo Soun|Ise Shinkurô]] (Hôjô Sôun), and the castle was then expanded over five generations of the Hôjô clan. The castle blocked invasions by [[Uesugi Kenshin]] ([[1561]]) and [[Takeda Shingen]] ([[1569]]).

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~~The siege took 100 days until finally~~ [[~~Hojo Ujinao|Hojo Ujinao~~]] ~~surrendered~~.

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~~The~~ [[~~Tenshu~~]] ~~was collapsed by earthquakes several times in~~ [[~~Edo period~~]] ~~but reconstructed everytime~~.

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In 1590, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] mobilized 150,000 troops to Odawara, and besieged the castle for 100 days until [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] finally surrendered.

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~~However Tenshu and most buildings were demolished by the government~~ in [[~~Meiji period~~]]([[~~Haijo-rei|Haijo-rei~~]]~~) and~~

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~~public facilities were built~~.~~(Even zoo and amusement park were built in 1950.)~~

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[[Inaba Masaharu]], son of [[Kasuga no Tsubone]], became lord of Odawara in [[1632]], and had the castle renovated, to become more fully an [[Edo period]]-style castle. The ''[[tenshu]]'' collapsed in earthquakes several times in the Edo period, but was reconstructed each time.

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[[~~Image:Umadashimon.JPG|right|thumb|Reconstructing Umadashimon gate(2008 May)~~]]

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~~In 1960~~, ~~reconstruction of Tenshu~~ was ~~completed.~~

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~~The reconstruction project is still going~~.

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Most of the castle's structures, including the ''tenshu'', were demolished by the government in the [[Meiji period]], and public facilities were built. A zoo and amusement park were built in 1950, and reconstruction of the ''tenshu'' was completed in 1960; other reconstruction efforts are ongoing.

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