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Matsumoto Castle -Japan.
The castles origins go back to the Sengoku period .At that time Shimadachi Sadanaga of the Ogasawara clan built a fort on this site in 1504 , which originaliy was called Fukashi Castle .In 1550 it came under the rule of the Takeda clan and then Tokugawa Leyasu .When Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Leyasu to the Kanto region ,he placed Ishikawa Norimasa in charge of Matsumoto .Norimasa and his son Yasunaga built the tower and other parts of the castle ,including the three towers , the keep and the small tower in the northwest ,both begun in 1590 ,and the Watari tower ,the residence the drum gate ,the black gate ,the Tsukimi Yagura ,the moat ,the innermost bailey , the second bailey,the third bailey ,and the sub-floors in the castle ,much as they are today .The also were instrumental in laying out the castle town and its infrastructure .It is believed much of the castle was completed by 1593-94.
Matsumoto Castle -Japan.
The castles origins go back to the Sengoku period .At that time Shimadachi Sadanaga of the Ogasawara clan built a fort on this site in 1504 , which originaliy was called Fukashi Castle .In 1550 it came under the rule of the Takeda clan and then Tokugawa Leyasu .When Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Leyasu to the Kanto region ,he placed Ishikawa Norimasa in charge of Matsumoto .Norimasa and his son Yasunaga built the tower and other parts of the castle ,including the three towers , the keep and the small tower in the northwest ,both begun in 1590 ,and the Watari tower ,the residence the drum gate ,the black gate ,the Tsukimi Yagura ,the moat ,the innermost bailey , the second bailey,the third bailey ,and the sub-floors in the castle ,much as they are today .The also were instrumental in laying out the castle town and its infrastructure .It is believed much of the castle was completed by 1593-94.