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Sadowara Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 14th century
Sadowara Castle (佐土原城, Sadowara-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the Sadowara neighborhood of the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan. It is also called Tsurumatsu Castle (鶴松城, Tsurumatsu-jō), and later Shōkaku Castle (松鶴城, Shōkaku-jō). During the Sengoku period, it was the stronghold of the Itō clan and later was controlled by the Shimazu clan. Shimazu Toyohisa was command of the castle.
During the Edo period, the castle was headquarters of Sadowara Domain, which ruled portions of Hyūga Province (modern-day Miyazaki) from 1603 to 1871. The castle site has been a National Historic Site since 2004.
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Sadowara Castle ranks #3,218 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #171 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1400, it is older than 56% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 257 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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