Uwajima Castle

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Height Three stories Phone +81 895-22-2832		Materials Earth, stone, and wood Built by Toyotomi Hidenaga

Type Hirayamajiro (hilltop castle) Condition The tenshu and some ruins remain. In use 1596 to Meiji Restoration Demolished Most of the castle during the Meiji Restoration, though the tenshu survived. Address Japan, 〒798-0060 Ehime Prefecture, Uwajima, Marunouchi, １ Hours Closed now Monday9AM–4PMTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PMThursday9AM–4PMFriday9AM–4PMSaturday9AM–4PMSunday9AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar Marugame Castle, Ōzu Castle, Kōchi Castle, Imabari Castle, Matsuyama Castle

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Uwajima Castle (宇和島城, Uwajima-jō) is a hirayama-jiro (Japanese castle on a hill on a plain) in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. This castle is well known as one of the twelve Japanese castles to still have an original donjon built in the Edo Period.

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History

This castle was constructed by Tōdō Takatora, a Daimyō, in 1596 after being given a small fiefdom by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1595. This castle experienced major repairs and expansion by Date Munetoshi in 1671. It suffered some damage during World War II from American bombing, the Ōte Gate being burnt to the ground.

Cultural Property

Uwajima castle has an Important Cultural Property selected by Japanese government:

Tenshukaku (Donjon Tower)

Access

Uwajima Station of Yosan Line

Literature

Mitchelhill, Jennifer (2013). Castles of the Samurai:Power & Beauty. USA: Kodansha. ISBN 978-1568365121.

Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. ISBN 0-8048-1102-4.

Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. pp. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.

References

Uwajima Castle Wikipedia

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