Matsumoto Castle

Also known as Fukashi Castle

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: www.matsumoto-castle.jp
Image: Matsumoto Castle05s5s4592.jpg

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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.