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*''Built: c. [[1385]], [[Shimazu Motohisa]]''
Shimizu castle was the chief seat of the [[Shimazu clan]] in [[Kagoshima]] from the 1380s until the 1550s.
The castle was first built and became the home of the Shimazu clan around [[1385]], under [[Shimazu Motohisa]], seventh head of the clan. Motohisa is said to have built Shimizu because the clan's previous home, [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]], was too small or cramped; thus Shimizu was built on just the next hill over from Tôfukuji. A ''[[yakata]]'' (residence) was simultaneously constructed at the bottom of that hill, on or near a site which is now the location of Shimizu Middle School.
[[Uchi castle]] was built in [[1550]], under [[Shimazu Takahisa]], 15th head of the clan. The Shimazu seat was then changed from Shimizu to Uchi.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066879717/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
Shimizu castle was the chief seat of the [[Shimazu clan]] in [[Kagoshima]] from the 1380s until the 1550s.
The castle was first built and became the home of the Shimazu clan around [[1385]], under [[Shimazu Motohisa]], seventh head of the clan. Motohisa is said to have built Shimizu because the clan's previous home, [[Tofukuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]], was too small or cramped; thus Shimizu was built on just the next hill over from Tôfukuji. A ''[[yakata]]'' (residence) was simultaneously constructed at the bottom of that hill, on or near a site which is now the location of Shimizu Middle School.
[[Uchi castle]] was built in [[1550]], under [[Shimazu Takahisa]], 15th head of the clan. The Shimazu seat was then changed from Shimizu to Uchi.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site in Kanmachi, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066879717/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]