Fukuyama castle
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- Japanese: 福山城(Fukuyama-jou)
- Type: Flatland-Mountain
- Founder: Mizuno Katsunari
- Year: 1620-1633
- Destroyed: 1945
- Reconstructed: 1966(Tenshu)
- Location: Bingo province
Fukuyama castle was the seat of the lord of Fukuyama han, in what is today Fukuyama City, Hiroshima prefecture. It was built by Mizuno Katsunari in the 1620s-1630s.
One of the castle's towers, known as the Fushimi yagura, and one of its gates, the Sujigane-gomon, have been designated Important Cultural Properties. Both were originally constructed for Fushimi castle, and were relocated to Fukuyama in the 1620s-1630s. The Fushimi yagura is a three-story tile-roofed tower in irimoya style, eight ken by three ken in size. The Sujigane Gate is ten ken by three ken in size, also in irimoya style and with a tile roof.[1]
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References
- Inoue Munekazu, Nihon no Meijô, Yuzankaku Publishing (1992).
