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Himeji Castle (Harima Province/Hyogo Prefecture)
Himeji-jo is a castle that represents Japan today. There's no other castle which still has this many architectures today. It's been designated as a World Heritage Site and a National Treasure. The origin of Himeji-jo was the fortress built by Norimura Akamatsu in the 3rd year of Genkou era (1333) and his son, Sadanori, built a castle there and the Onodera and Kuroda clans became the castle ruler after that. However, there's an opinion that the castle was built by the Kuroda clan in the mid 16th century. In the 8th year of Tensho era (1580), Yoshitaka Kuroda, the castle ruler those days, recommended Hideyoshi Toyotomi to base on Himeji-jo to subjugate the Mohri clan and Hideyoshi built a triple-layered castle tower. Terumasa Ikeda, a son-in-law of Ieyasu Tokugawa, became the castle ruler after the Battle of Sekigahara. Terumasa expanded the castle site and built three small castle towers annexed to the main castle tower. After three generations of the Ikeda clan ruled the castle, Tadamasa Honda became the castle ruler. Tadamasa's first son, Tadatoki, got married to Senhime, the first daughter of Hidetada Tokugawa, and arranged its Nishinomaru (west palace) for her.
(2006/10/1 、2008/1/26 、2013/9/15 、2016/7/3 )
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