Hamamatsu Castle
| Hamamatsu Castle 浜松城 |
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| Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | |
Keep of Hamamatsu Castle
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 34°42′42″N 137°43′30″E / 34.711802°N 137.724958°E |
| Type | Japanese castle |
| Height | Three stories |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Reconstructed, serves as a museum |
| Site history | |
| Built | Circa 1532, rebuilt 1958 |
| Built by | Imagawa clan |
| Materials | Wood, stone |
Hamamatsu Castle (浜松城 Hamamatsu-jō?) is a reconstructed hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is also called Shusse Castle (出世城 Shusse-jō?)
The origins of Hamamatsu castle are unclear; however, it appears that a fortification was built on this site by Imagawa Sadatsuke, the fourth head of the Enshū Imagawa clan from around 1504-1520. The early castle was called Hikuma Castle (引馬城 or曳馬城 Hikuma-jō?) and was entrusted to Imagawa retainer Iio Noritsura. After the fall of Imagawa Yoshimoto at the 1560 Battle of Okehazama, Iio Tsuratatsu rebelled against Imagawa Ujinao, but was defeated. However, the greatly weakened Imagawa clan was unable to withstand the combined forces for Tokugawa Ieyasu from Mikawa and Takeda Shingen from Kai. The former Imagawa territories in Tōtōmi were divided between the Tokugawa and Takeda in 1568, with Tokugawa Ieyasu obtaining Hamamatsu. He relocated his headquarters from Okazaki Castle to Hamamatsu in 1570, and spent the following 17 years there.
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