Tanagura Castle
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Tanagura Castle (棚倉城, Tanagura-jō) a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the town of Tanagura, Tamura District, Fukushima Prefecture, in the southern Tōhoku region of Japan. It also called Kamegajō Castle (亀ケ城) . Built in 1625 by Niwa Nagashige, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Tanagura Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
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Tanagura Castle | |
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棚倉城 | |
Tanagura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan | |
surviving moat of Tanagura Castle | |
Coordinates | 37°1′46.89″N 140°23′8.29″E |
Type | flatland-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | yes |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1625 |
Built by | Niwa Nagashige |
In use | Edo period |
Demolished | 1868 |
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