Shiroishi CastleShiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture

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Shiroishi Castle DATA
Other nameMasuoka Castle, Masuoka Castle
castle constructionKamakura Period
address1-16 Masuoka-cho, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture
telephone number0224-24-3030
Opening hours9am to 5pm (April to October) / 9am to 4pm (November to March)
closing dayDecember 28th to December 31st
Admission feeAdults: 400 yen, Elementary, junior high, and high school students: 200 yen
Access to Shiroishi Castle
Approximately 15 minutes walk from Shiroishi Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line.

HISTORYAbout Shiroishi Castle

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Date MasamuneThe essence of Oshu, burning with ambition to conquer the world
During the Sengoku period, when many military commanders appeared and disappeared like bright stars, there was a military commander who stood out in Oshu. Date Masamune, who ran through the Sengoku period and the early Edo period, was a man who always had his sights set on conquering the world. A taste for showiness, which is the origin of the word date man
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Date Masamune

History of the Sendai domain, whose residence is Shiroishi Castle

Sendai domainThe Date family continues to rule.
The Sendai domain was a domain that had its headquarters at Sendai Castle and ruled over 620,000 koku of territory in present-day Miyagi Prefecture, southern Iwate Prefecture, Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, and enclaves in Ibaraki Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture. The Date family, whose founder was Date Masamune, served as the lord from the time the domain was established until the end of the Edo period.
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Sendai domain
Sendai domain DATA
Domain officeSendai Castle
old areaMiyagi District, Mutsu Province
stone height625,000 koku
Fudai/TozamaForeigner
main lordMr. Date
Estimated population699,334 people (Bunsei 11)

The first lord of the domain was Date Masamune. He developed Sendai into Ou's largest castle town and worked hard to foster industry.

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