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*''Japanese'': 伊予松山城 ''(Iyo Matsuyama-jou)''

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Matsuyama castle in [[Iyo province]] is one of two extant castles in Japan bearing the name, the other being [[Matsuyama castle (Bitchu)|Matsuyama castle in Bitchû province]]. Iyo-Matsuyama is located in Matsuyama City in [[Ehime prefecture]] on the northern coast of [[Shikoku]]. During the [[Edo period]], it was the chief castle of [[Iyo-Matsuyama han]], which was controlled by the [[Hisamatsu clan]], a branch family of the [[Matsudaira clan]], from [[1635]] on.

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Matsuyama castle in [[Iyo province]] is one of two extant castles in Japan bearing the name, the other being [[Matsuyama castle (Bitchu)|Matsuyama castle in Bitchû province]]. Iyo-Matsuyama is located in Matsuyama City in [[Ehime prefecture]] on the northern coast of [[Shikoku]]. During the [[Edo period]], it was the chief castle of the 150,000 ''[[koku]]''<ref>Gallery label, "Matsuyama han sankin kôtai emaki," National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16052131211/sizes/h/]</ref> [[Iyo-Matsuyama han]], which was controlled by the [[Hisamatsu clan]], a branch family of the [[Matsudaira clan]], from [[1635]] on.

==History==

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*Hinago Motoo ''Nihon No Bijutsu #54:Shiro'' Tokyo:Shibundo, 1970

*Schmorleitz, Morton S ''Castles In Japan'' Tokyo:Charles E Tuttle Company Inc, 1974

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