Iwatsuki Castle

Iwatsuki Castle (岩槻城, Iwatsuki-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Ōoka clan, daimyō of Iwatsuki Domain, however the castle dates from the Muromachi period and was inhabited by many samurai lords over its history. During the Edo period, the name of the castle was written as “岩付城”. It was also known as "White Crane Castle" (白鶴城, Hakutsuru-jō) or "Floating Castle" (浮城, Uki-jō). The site of the castle is a Saitama Prefectural Historic Monument.

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Iwatsuki Castle ranks #3,081 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #155 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1500, it is older than 49% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 224 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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