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    Takamatsu Castle (高松城, Takamatsu-jō) of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku...
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    In the 1582 Siege of Takamatsu (備中高松城の戦い, Bitchū Takamatsu-jō no tatakai), Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Takamatsu Castle, which was controlled by...
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  • Takamatsu Castle may refer to: Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū) situated in Bitchū province, (present-day Okayama, Okayama Prefecture), besieged in 1582 Takamatsu...
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    Muneharu : Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū) Kunishi Motosuke Kodama Narihide Kodama Naritaka Fukubara Sadatoshi : Suzuo Castle Noshima Branch / Noshima Castle Murakami...
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    flood Takamatsu Castle. June 8 – Siege of Takamatsu: Heavy rains and the dikes built by Hideyoshi's forces turn the area around Takamatsu Castle into a...
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    region. He was lord of Shimizu castle at Bitchu Province, and became the lord of the Bitchu Takamatsu Castle after he captured it in 1565. His father...
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    other castles have significant numbers of other extant historical castle buildings: Bitchū Matsuyama Castle Hikone Castle Himeji Castle Hirosaki Castle Inuyama...
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    original Bitchū Kokubun-ji were designated as a National Historic Site in 1968, but the ruins of the associated provincial nunnery, the Bitchū Kokubun-niji...
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    Kagoshima Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi, Okayama Bitchu Takamatsu Castle, Okayama, Okayama Chibana Castle, Okinawa, Okinawa Chihaya Castle, Chihayaakasaka...
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    the siege of Bitchū Takamatsu Castle in 1582, Nobunaga was assassinated on June 2 of that year, but the siege continued until the castle fell two days...
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    Okayama Orient Museum Okayama Symphony Hall Yumeji Art Museum Bitchū-Takamatsu Castle Hata temple ruins Pagoda Site Hikozaki Shell Mound Jingūjiyama...
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    The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history...
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    of 1868, the area of present-day Okayama Prefecture was divided between Bitchū, Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces. Okayama Prefecture was formed and named in...
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    Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan or Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles (日本続百名城, Nihon Zoku Hyaku-Meijō) is a list of 100 castles, intended as a sequel...
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    when Nobushige went to the Oda clan camp. When Hideyoshi attacked Bitchū Takamatsu Castle, Yoshiharu conducted an inquest into the death of Shimizu Muneharu...
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  • (石井了節 / 野中好胤) (1753), Bitchū shūseishi (『備中集成志』) "Collected history of Bitchū Province" and Kobayashi Takayoshi (小林孝義) (1860), Bitchū ōrai (『備中往来』), a guidebook...
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    forced his way into Bitchu province and laid siege to Takamatsu Castle. Shimizu Muneharu (a former Mimura retainer) defended Takamatsu stoutly, but its loss...
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    former sandal-bearer, Hashiba Hideyoshi, invaded Bitchū Province and laid siege to Takamatsu Castle. The castle was vital to the Mori clan, and losing it would...
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    Honnō-ji Incident, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was fighting the Mōri clan at Bitchū Takamatsu Castle and was forced to disengage and return to Kyoto post haste to deal...
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    starvation and the castle master, Kikkawa Tsuneie (吉川経家) commits suicide. In 1582 the Siege of Takamatsu on Takamatsu Castle of Bitchū Province begins....
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  • through Bizen and into Mori-controlled Bitchu province, where in 1582 he would besiege the castle of Takamatsu. Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai...
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    Although Hiroshima, Wakayama, Tokushima, Hagi, Takamatsu and Sumpu (Shizuoka) were important castle towns of major domains, estimated populations are...
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    (1600-1871) Chōfu (1600-1871) Kiyosue (1653-1871) Tokushima (1601-1871) Takamatsu (1587-1640/1642-1871) Marugame (1587-1640/1642-1871) Tadotsu (1694-1871)...
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  • Udon Prefecture Ayagawa Home of Sanuki Udon Mitoyo Home of Urashima Tarō Takamatsu Home of Momotarō story Town of Bonsai Marugame City of Uchiwa (Japanese...
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    Haijō Edict (category Castles in Japan)
    Matsuyama (not to be confused with Matsuyama Iyo, Matsumoto Castle in Ranzan or Bitchū Matsuyama), Ōdate, Yokote Uzen Province • Yamagata (P), Kaminoyama...
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  • designated as being of municipal importance. Cultural Properties of Japan Bitchū, Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces Okayama Prefectural Museum List of Places...
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    flood Takamatsu Castle. June 8 – Siege of Takamatsu: Heavy rains and the dikes built by Hideyoshi's forces turn the area around Takamatsu Castle into a...
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    Chikamasa remained at his stronghold at Takamatsu Castle and sent his retainers in his stead to attack Tanabe castle in Tango Province. He chose this strategy...
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    out the foundations of the castle town and built a number of temples before the clan was transferred to Nariwa Domain in Bitchu Province. The domain was...
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