Castle
Iwadeyama Castle
🇯🇵 Japan
Iwadeyama Castle (岩出山城, Iwadeyama-jō) was a castle in Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
After serving Hideyoshi for a time, Date Masamune was given Iwatesawa castle and the surrounding lands as his home domain. Masamune moved there in 1591, rebuilt the castle, renamed it Iwadeyama, and encouraged the growth of a town at its base. Masamune stayed at Iwadeyama for 13 years and turned the region into a major political and economic center.
After the Meiji revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed.
Text adapted from “Iwadeyama Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iwadeyama Castle ranks #4,456 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #222 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,010 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Iwadeyama Castle?
Iwadeyama Castle stands in Japan, at 38.65583°, 140.86278°.
How famous is Iwadeyama Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,456 of 8,134 worldwide, and #222 in Japan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Iwadeyama Castle?
Taga Castle, about 40 km away.
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