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Kiyosu Castle ,Japan .

Kiyosu Castle was built between 1394 and 1427 , to guard the strategic junction of the Ise Kaido with the Nakasendo highways connecting Kyoto with Kamakura . The area was dominated by Shiba Yoshishige , then head of the Shiba clan and the shugo [ governor ] of the Shiba clan and the shugo [ governor ] of Owari ,Echizen and Totomi Provinces .Upon completion of construction ,Oda Toshisada was installed in the castle as the shugodai [ vice- governor of the province ].It is thought to have been intended as a defensive stronghold meant to protect Orizu Castle , the seat of Owaris provincial government until its destruction during battle in 1478 during a civil war between various factions of the Oda clan .Reconstructed 1989 .

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