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*''Japanese:''水戸城''(Mito-jou)''
*''Type:Flatland-Mountain''
*''Founder:[[Edo Shigemichi]], [[Satake Yoshinobu]]''
*''Year:[[1496]], [[1593]]''
Mito castle is located in Mito City in present day [[Ibaraki prefecture]] (the historical [[Hitachi province]]) and was primarily famous for being the seat of power of one of the three branch houses ([[sanke]]) of the [[Tokugawa]]. While the other two branches were eligible to provide potential candidates for [[Shogun]] (in the event the main Tokugawa branch could not come up with one), the Tokugawa based in Mito castle instead had the hereditary post of vice Shogun. The Mito branch was therefore not allowed to ascend to Shogun-at least in theory.
Mito castle is located in Mito City in present day [[Ibaraki prefecture]] (the historical [[Hitachi province]]) and was primarily famous for being the seat of power of one of the three branch houses ([[sanke]]) of the [[Tokugawa]]. While the other two branches were eligible to provide potential candidates for [[Shogun]] (in the event the main Tokugawa branch could not come up with one), the Tokugawa based in Mito castle instead had the hereditary post of vice Shogun. The Mito branch was therefore not allowed to ascend to Shogun-at least in theory.
