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[[Mori Terumoto|Môri Terumoto]] began construction on a castle located on an island in the delta of the Otagawa (in [[Aki province]]) in [[1589]]. The work on the moats and walls was finished in [[1593]], but it took until [[1599]] for the ''tenshu'' and other buildings to be completed. Môri called this part of his lands [[Hiroshima]] (wide island). Shortly after the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] found themselves on the losing side at the [[battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]], this part of their holdings was given to the former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalist, [[Fukushima Masanori]]. The castle suffered severe flood damage in [[1617]]. Fukushima asked the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] for permission to repair this damage, but never received an answer. Undaunted, he proceeded with repairs in [[1619]]. This provided the Tokugawa with the excuse they needed to strip Fukushima of this fief, moving him to a much smaller fiefdom near [[Kawanakajima]]. [[Hiroshima han]] was then turned over to the [[Asano clan]] who held it until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in [[1871]]. As happened to many castles during this era, all of the buildings except for the ''tenshu'' were destroyed by the government (castles were seen as a potential center for rebellions against the Imperial government).  

[[Mori Terumoto|Môri Terumoto]] began construction on a castle located on an island in the delta of the Otagawa (in [[Aki province]]) in [[1589]]. The work on the moats and walls was finished in [[1593]], but it took until [[1599]] for the ''tenshu'' and other buildings to be completed. Môri called this part of his lands [[Hiroshima]] (wide island). Shortly after the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] found themselves on the losing side at the [[battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]], this part of their holdings was given to the former [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] loyalist, [[Fukushima Masanori]]. The castle suffered severe flood damage in [[1617]]. Fukushima asked the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] for permission to repair this damage, but never received an answer. Undaunted, he proceeded with repairs in [[1619]]. This provided the Tokugawa with the excuse they needed to strip Fukushima of this fief, moving him to a much smaller fiefdom near [[Kawanakajima]]. [[Hiroshima han]] was then turned over to the [[Asano clan]] who held it until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in [[1871]]. As happened to many castles during this era, all of the buildings except for the ''tenshu'' were destroyed by the government (castles were seen as a potential center for rebellions against the Imperial government).