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*''Japanese'':彦根城''(Hikone-jou)''

*''Japanese'':彦根城''(Hikone-jou)''

''*Type:Flatland-Mountain''

*''*Type:Flatland-Mountain''

''*Founder:Ii Naokatsu''

*''*Founder:Ii Naokatsu''

''*Year:1622''

*''*Year:1622''

Hikone castle is a [[hirayamajiro]] and was built on the site of [[Ishida Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari’s]] [[Sawayama castle]] in present day Shiga prefecture (in the former [[Omi province]]). After Mitsunari’s defeat by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]], Ieyasu’s forces advanced on Sawayama. The castle was being defended by Mitsunari’s brother, Ishida Masazumi. The castle was laid to siege by [[Ii Naomasa]] leading a force of 15,000. After only a day, the castle defenders struck a deal with the Ii. Masazumi was to commit suicide and the rest of the defenders would go free after handing the castle over to Naomasa. Before this could be put into effect, the castle tenshu was set aflame and all of Ishida’s relatives committed seppuku in the ensuing chaos.  

Hikone castle is a [[hirayamajiro]] and was built on the site of [[Ishida Mitsunari|Ishida Mitsunari’s]] [[Sawayama castle]] in present day Shiga prefecture (in the former [[Omi province]]). After Mitsunari’s defeat by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]], Ieyasu’s forces advanced on Sawayama. The castle was being defended by Mitsunari’s brother, Ishida Masazumi. The castle was laid to siege by [[Ii Naomasa]] leading a force of 15,000. After only a day, the castle defenders struck a deal with the Ii. Masazumi was to commit suicide and the rest of the defenders would go free after handing the castle over to Naomasa. Before this could be put into effect, the castle tenshu was set aflame and all of Ishida’s relatives committed seppuku in the ensuing chaos.