Matsumoto Castle
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building in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Key facts
- Type
- Hirashiro (flatland castle )
- Condition
- Original keep ( tenshu ) and several other buildings and inner walls survive, several gates have been rebuilt since 1960
- Built
- Current structures date from 1594 ; 432 years ago ( 1594 )
- Built by
- Shimadachi Sadanaga
- In use
- 1504 ; 522 years ago ( 1504 ) to 1868 ; 158 years ago ( 1868 )
- Materials
- Earth, stone, and wood
- Demolished
- Outer castle was taken down and the land reclaimed in the Meiji Restoration
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Official website
国宝 松本城 - 松本城をより楽しむ公式ホームページ
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Japanese castle
- Part of
- 100 Fine Castles of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Conflict
- Siege of Fukashi
- Official website
- www.matsumoto-castle.jp
- Image
- Matsumoto Castle05s5s4592.jpg
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- Commons category
- Matsumoto Castle
- inception
- 1504-00-00
- name in kana
- まつもとじょう
- webcam page URL
- www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/soshiki/216/52945.html
- ground level 360 degree view URL
- goo.gl/maps/2SUhS
- native label
- 深志城
- floors above ground
- 5
- fee
- 400
- closed on
- December 31
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Encyclopedic overview
Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto. It was the seat of Matsumoto Domain under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate. It is located in the city of Matsumoto, in Nagano Prefecture.
The keep (天守閣, tenshukaku), which was completed in the late sixteenth century, maintains its original wooden interiors and external stonework. It is listed as a National Treasure of Japan, and is one of the twelve surviving tenshu in Japan. It is surrounded by four other buildings also designated as National Treasures.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matsumoto Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.