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− | *''Other Names'': 鶴丸城 ''(Tsurumaru-jou)''
| + | [[File:Tsurumaru.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The former site of the main gates to Tsurumaru castle, with the [[Reimeikan]] visible in the background]] |
− | *''Japanese:'' 鹿児島城 ''(Kagoshima-jou)''
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| *''Type: Flatland-Mountain'' | | *''Type: Flatland-Mountain'' |
| *''Built: [[1602]]-[[1606]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]]'' | | *''Built: [[1602]]-[[1606]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]]'' |
− | *''Destroyed:[[1874]]'' | + | *''Destroyed: [[1874]]'' |
− | *''Location:[[Satsuma province]]'' | + | *''Location: [[Kagoshima]], [[Satsuma province]]'' |
| + | *''Other Names:'' 鹿児島城 ''(Kagoshima-jou)'' |
| + | *''Japanese'': 鶴丸城 ''(Tsurumaru-jou)'' |
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| Tsurumaru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]]. | | Tsurumaru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]]. |
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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |
− | *[http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/reimeikan/ Reimeikan] Kagoshima castle ruin | + | *[http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/reimeikan/ Reimeikan] - history museum located on the former site of the castle's ''honmaru'' |
| *[http://csx.jp/~hakubutsukan/satsuma_osumi/tsurumaru.html Photos] | | *[http://csx.jp/~hakubutsukan/satsuma_osumi/tsurumaru.html Photos] |
| *[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.598258,130.55441&spn=0.004871,0.010568&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.299762,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&radius=15000&z=17&iwloc=A Kagoshima castle on Google Maps] | | *[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.598258,130.55441&spn=0.004871,0.010568&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.299762,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&radius=15000&z=17&iwloc=A Kagoshima castle on Google Maps] |