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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]].

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>

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.

 

Roughly half the castle was destroyed by fire in [[1635]]. As the territory was directly controlled by the shogunate, there was no castellan, and the ''tenshu'' was not rebuilt. Today, the ''ninomaru'' area has been made a public park. One ''yagura'' (tower) and the East Gate have been reconstructed.

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*[[Nihon no Meijo]]

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