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15:21, 31 October 2025 ‎Numazu Castle (hist | edit) ‎[4,666 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Numazu Castle |Japanese Name=沼津城・ |Romaji Name=Numaźujō |Alternate Names=Sanmaibashijō (三枚橋城 ) |Founder=Takeda Katsuyori; Mizuno Tadatomo |Year Founded=1579; 1777 |Castle Type=Flatland |Castle Condition=No main keep but other buildings |Historical Period=Pre Edo Period |Features=gates, stone walls |Access=Numazu Station on the Tōkaidō Line; 7 min walk. |Visitor Information=24/7 free; park |Time Required=20 mins |Website=https:/...")
15:05, 31 October 2025 ‎Kawanarishima Jin'ya (hist | edit) ‎[2,633 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Kawanarishima Jin'ya |Japanese Name=川成島陣屋 |Romaji Name=Kawanarishima-jin'ya |Founder=Hongō Yasutaka |Year Founded=1857 |Castle Type=Flatland |Castle Condition=No main keep but other buildings |Historical Period=Edo Period |Artifacts=Nagayamon |Features=gates |Access=Shin-Fuji Station on the Tōkaidō-shinkansen; 2 min walk. |Visitor Information=9:00-16:30, exc. Tuesdays |Time Required=30 mins |City=Fuji |Prefecture=Shizuoka Prefecture |N...")
14:58, 31 October 2025 ‎Toyo Daikansho (hist | edit) ‎[2,929 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Toyo Daikansho |Japanese Name=樋代官所 |Romaji Name=Toyo-daikansho |Alternate Names=Uematsu-yashiki (直松屋敷) |Founder=Uematsu Clan |Year Founded=1186; Edo Period |Castle Type=Fortified Manor |Castle Condition=No main keep but other buildings |Historical Period=Edo Period |Artifacts=Omoya, Nagayamon |Features=gates, palace, walls |Access=For Atsuhara site, Iriyamase Stn on the Minobu Line; 12 min walk; for Hiromi Park, bus from Fuji Stn on...")
14:52, 31 October 2025 ‎Kozuka Jin'ya (hist | edit) ‎[2,268 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Kozuka Jin'ya |Japanese Name=小塚陣屋 |Romaji Name=Koźuka-jin'ya |Alternate Names=Matsunaga-yashiki (松永屋敷・旧松永家住宅) |Founder=Matsunaga Clan |Year Founded=Edo Period; 1857 |Castle Type=Flatland |Castle Condition=No main keep but other buildings |Historical Period=Edo Period |Artifacts=Omoya, Yakuimon |Features=gates, palace, walls |Access=Yoshiwarahonchō Station on the Gakunan Line; 15 min bus to Hiromi Park. |Visitor Infor...")
23:33, 28 October 2025 ‎Hyogo Castle - First Prefectural Office (hist | edit) ‎[1,283 bytes] ‎Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Hyogo Castle - First Prefectural Office |Castle=Hyogo Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=初代県庁舎 |Subpage Order=1 }}")
13:52, 26 October 2025 ‎Takiyama Castle (Settsu) (hist | edit) ‎[5,042 bytes] ‎Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Takiyama Castle (Settsu) |Japanese Name=滝山城, 瀧山城 |Romaji Name=Takiyama-jo |Founder=Akamatsu Norimura; later rebuilt by Matsunaga Hisahide |Year Founded=1333; 1553 |Castle Type=Mountaintop |Castle Condition=Ruins only |Historical Period=Pre Edo Period |Features=trenches, stone walls |Time Required=150 mins |City=Kobe |Prefecture=Hyogo Prefecture |History=The earliest reference to Takiyama Castle dates to 1333, during the wars to restore...")
07:56, 26 October 2025 ‎Kakegawa Castle - Relocated Gates (hist | edit) ‎[1,525 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Relocated Gates |Castle=Kakegawa Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=掛川城移築門 |Subpage Order=217 |CastleSubpageText=text Gallery by ART. }}")
22:11, 21 October 2025 ‎Genkosha (hist | edit) ‎[1,446 bytes] ‎Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Samurai Homes |Castle=Tamaru Castle |English Name=Genkosha |Japanese Name=玄甲舎 |Year=1847 |Residence Type=Upper Class |Samurai Residence Designations=Local Historic Site |Samurai Residence Features=Garden, House, Warehouses |Visitor Information=open 9-1600; closed Tuesday; 200yen; closed 12/29-1/3 |Website=https://kizuna.town.tamaki.mie.jp/bunkasports/kanko/genkosha.html |City=Tamaki |Prefecture=Mie |GPSLocation=34.48822, 136.63522 |Visits=February 23, 2025 |Added...")
13:04, 17 October 2025 ‎Nakahata Jin'ya (Iwaki) (hist | edit) ‎[1,925 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Nakahata Jin'ya (Iwaki) |Japanese Name=磐城中畑陣屋 |Romaji Name=Iwaki-Nakahata-jin'ya |Founder=Matsudaira Yasuzumi |Year Founded=1837 |Castle Type=Flatland |Castle Condition=No main keep but other buildings |Historical Period=Edo Period |Artifacts=Relocated Shoin |Features=palace |Access=Nearest station is Yabuki Station on the Tōhoku Line |Visitor Information=Shoin: 9:00-16:30 |Time Required=30 mins |City=Yabuki |Prefecture=Fukushima Prefe...")
15:09, 12 October 2025 ‎Odani Castle - Jissain (hist | edit) ‎[1,467 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Odani Castle - Jissain |Castle=Odani Castle |Subpage Order=216 |CastleSubpageText=Jissain's main gate was originally built at Odanijō -- it is said. The gate was the uramon or karametemon (rear gate) of Odanijō, and now serves as the sanmon (main gate) of Jissain. Azai Nagamasa's sister, Shōankenkyūni (as a nun; originally Aku), supposedly ran Jissain as a nunnery. The temple's principal deity, Kannon, was also enshrined...")
20:59, 7 October 2025 ‎Kariya Castle - Relocated Structures (hist | edit) ‎[1,177 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Relocated Structures |Castle=Kariya Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=刈谷城移築建物 |Subpage Order=215 |CastleSubpageText=Kariyajō Tatsumi-yagura / Myōfukuji Rōmon (Hekinan, Aichi) 　刈谷城移築辰巳櫓・妙福寺楼門［愛知県碧南市］ It is said that the Tatsumi-yagura (southeast keep) from Kariya Castle was repurposed as the rōmon (pavilion gate) at Myōfukuji, a temple in downtown Hekinan. It seems to...")
11:06, 6 October 2025 ‎Ashikagashi Yakata - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[4,904 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Ashikagashi Yakata |CastleSubpageNameJse=足利学校 |Subpage Order=214 |CastleSubpageText=Ashikaga-Hankō / Ashikaga-Gakkō (Ashikaga, Tochigi) 　足利藩校足利学校　［栃木県足利市］　 The Ashikaga Gakkō (Ashikaga Academy) is a complex of Japan's oldest academic buildings. It was converted into a hankō (domain school) of Ashikaga Domain when hankō began to be established throughout...")
19:46, 4 October 2025 ‎Koubuntei Villa (hist | edit) ‎[1,653 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Samurai Homes |Castle=0 |English Name=Koubuntei Villa |Japanese Name=好文亭 |Year=1842; 1955 (reconstructed) |Residence Type=Daimyo |Samurai Residence Features=Gates, Garden, House |Visitor Information=9:00-16:30; ¥230 |Website=https://ibaraki-kairakuen.jp/kobuntei/ |City=Mito |Prefecture=Ibaraki Prefecture |Background=Tokugawa Nariaki, ninth lord of Mito Domain, constructed Kairakuen gardens in 1841. The garden is designed not unlike a modern park as it was built...")
21:22, 28 September 2025 ‎Onago Battery (hist | edit) ‎[1,352 bytes] ‎Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Castle |English Name=Onago Battery |Japanese Name=女台場 |Romaji Name=onago daiba |Founder=Choshu Domain |Year Founded=1850s |Castle Type=Hilltop |Castle Condition=Reconstructed main keep |Designations=National Historic Site |Historical Period=Edo Period |Access=Cycle or walk from downtown Hagi |Visitor Information=park, open any time |Time Required=15 mins |City=Hagi |Prefecture=Yamagata Prefecture |Notes=Only remnants of the Onago Battery remain today, but its ear...")
20:33, 28 September 2025 ‎Yagyu Castles, Chihaya Akasaka Forts, and Kaibara Jin'ya (hist | edit) ‎[1,346 bytes] ‎Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{news |NewsTitle=Yagyu Castles and the Chihaya Akasaka Forts |NewsDate=2025-09-28 |NewsBody=In September, I’ve added castle profiles for two historically rich—if not well known—regions. The Yagyu area in Nara Prefecture is home to three fortifications tied to the Yagyu clan, whose lineage can be traced at least as far back as the Nanbokucho Period. In the Edo Period, they rose to further fame as sword instructors to the Tokugawa shoguns. This castle set off...") originally created as "Yagyu Castles and the Chihaya Akasaka Forts"
16:58, 28 September 2025 ‎Tsuwano Castle - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[2,939 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Tsuwano Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=津和野藩校養老館 |Subpage Order=213 |CastleSubpageText=Tsuwano-hankō Yōrōkan (Tsuwano, Kanoashi, Shimane) 　津和野藩校養老館［島根県鹿足郡津和野町］ The Tsuwano domain school was a school for samurai youth in the castle-town of Tsuwano. The school's name was Yōrōkan, 'Hall of Nurturing to Growth' (although the modern term 'yōrō' can...")
16:51, 28 September 2025 ‎Takato Castle - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[2,932 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Takato Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=高遠藩校進徳館 |Subpage Order=212 |CastleSubpageText=Takatô-hankō Shintokukan (Takatô, Ina, Nagano)　　高遠藩校進徳館　［長野県伊那市高遠町］ Shintokukan, the hankō (samurai school) of the Takatô Domain, was established in 1860 by the last lord of Takatô-han, Naitō Yarinao. 'Shintokukan' means something like 'School of Advancing Virtue...")
08:27, 25 September 2025 ‎Takamatsu Castle - Sakuragomon (hist | edit) ‎[1,132 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Sakuragomon |Castle=Takamatsu Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=高松城桜御門 |Subpage Order=211 |CastleSubpageText=Takamatsu Castle: Sakuragomon (Takamatsu, Kagawa) 　高松城桜御門［香川県高松市］ I (ART) returned to Takamatsujō to see the then newly reconstructed Sakuragomon, a yaguramon (gatehouse), which was reconstructed in early 2022 using old photographs and maps as references. The Sakuragomon (‘Cherry...")
08:03, 25 September 2025 ‎Iga Ueno Castle - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[1,002 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Iga Ueno Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=伊賀上野城崇広堂 |Subpage Order=209 |CastleSubpageText=Sūkōdō (Iga, Mie) 　崇広堂［三重県伊賀市］ The Sūkōdō is a surviving hankō (samurai school) adjacent to Iga-Uenojō. It was established in 1821 as a branch school of the Yūzōkan, the Tsu-hankō established by Tōdō Takasawa. Sūkōdō refers to the school's main hall as well as the w...")
20:27, 24 September 2025 ‎Matsushiro Castle - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[3,057 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Matsushiro Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=松代藩校文武学校 |Subpage Order=208 |CastleSubpageText=Matsushiro-hankō Bunbu-gakkō (Matsushiro, Nagano) 　松代藩校・文武学校［長野県長野市松代町］ This gallery shows the Matsushiro Hankō (Domain School), where samurai youth were educated and trained in the arts, from swordsmanship and archery to literature and astronomy. The hank...")
19:43, 24 September 2025 ‎Mito Castle - Domain School (hist | edit) ‎[4,504 bytes] ‎ART (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{CastleSubpage |CastleSubpageNameEnglish=Domain School |Castle=Mito Castle |CastleSubpageNameJse=水戸藩校 |Subpage Order=207 |CastleSubpageText=Mito Hankō, Kōdōkan (Mito, Ibaraki) 　水戸藩校弘道館［茨城県水戸市］ The Mitogaku (Mito School) had immense importance in the creation of modern Japan and bringing about the Meiji Restoration; it was an ideological bulwark of Kokugaku (Nationalism) and Jukyō (Confucianism) erected against the defili...")