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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 originally was called Fukashi Castle .In 1550 it came under the rule of the Takeda clan and then Tokugawa leyasu .They also were instrumental in laying out the castle town and its infrastructure .It is belived much of the castle was completed by 1593-94.During the Edo period ,The tokugawa shogunate establishead the Matsumoto Domain , of which the Matsudaira ,Mizuno ,and others were the daimyos .For the next 280 years until the abolition of the feudal system in the Meiji Restoration ,the castle was ruled by the 23 lords of Matsumoto representing six different daimyo families. in this period the stronghold was also known as Crow Castle [ Karasu-jo ] because its black walls and roofs looked like spreading wings .
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 originally was called Fukashi Castle .In 1550 it came under the rule of the Takeda clan and then Tokugawa leyasu .They also were instrumental in laying out the castle town and its infrastructure .It is belived much of the castle was completed by 1593-94.During the Edo period ,The tokugawa shogunate establishead the Matsumoto Domain , of which the Matsudaira ,Mizuno ,and others were the daimyos .For the next 280 years until the abolition of the feudal system in the Meiji Restoration ,the castle was ruled by the 23 lords of Matsumoto representing six different daimyo families. in this period the stronghold was also known as Crow Castle [ Karasu-jo ] because its black walls and roofs looked like spreading wings .