Matsuzaka CastleMatsusaka City, Mie Prefecture

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Matsuzaka Castle DATA
Other nameMatsusaka Castle
castle construction1588
addressTonomachi, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture
Access to Matsuzaka Castle
Approximately 15 minutes walk from Matsusaka Station on the JR Kisei Main Line and Kintetsu Yamada Line.

HISTORYAbout Matsusaka Castle

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Nobuo OdaHead of the Oda clan after Nobunaga's death
In the late Muromachi period, in a world known as the Warring States period, Oda Nobunaga expanded his influence. However, he was forced to commit suicide by Akechi Mitsuhide in the Honnoji Incident. After Nobunaga's death, Oda Nobukatsu became the head of the Oda clan. Nobukatsu was Nobunaga's second son.
Reading Oda Nobukatsu
Nobuo Oda

History of the Matsuzaka clan, whose domain office is Matsuzaka Castle

Twin crane

Gamo family crest "Twin crane"

Matsuzaka Domain DATA
Domain officeMatsuzaka Castle
old areaIse Province
stone height55,000 koku
Fudai/TozamaForeigner
main lordMr. Furuta

Shigekatsu Yoshida, who sided with the eastern army, was given 55,000 koku and established a feudal domain. Afterwards, his younger brother Shigeharu Yoshida succeeded him, but he was transferred. Matsuzaka became the territory of the Kishu clan.

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