Nakatsu Castle
| Nakatsu Castle 中津城 |
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| Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan | |
Nakatsu Castle
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 Nakatsu Castle
中津城 |
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| Coordinates | 33°36′23″N 131°11′10″E / 33.60639°N 131.18611°E |
| Type | Japanese castle |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1587 |
| Built by | Kuroda Yoshitaka |
Nakatsu Castle (中津城 Nakatsu-jō?) is a Japanese castle in the city of Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture. This castle is known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Castles on the sea", in Japan, along with Takamatsu Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Imabari Castle in Ehime Prefecture.
Construction of the castle began under the rule of Daimyō Kuroda Yoshitaka in 1587, when he was made the governor of the region by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for his help in the Kyūshū Campaign. Yoshitaka was rewarded with greater lands in Fukuoka after the Battle of Sekigahara, and was replaced by Daimyō Hosokawa Tadaoki, who completed the construction. Tadaoki moved to Kokura Castle, when it was built, and Nakatsu castle was given to his son Hosokawa Tadatoshi. The castle was taken over by the Ogasawara clan and subsequently by the Okudaira Clan in 1717. The castle was abandoned in 1871 after the Meiji Restoration and the entire structure was destroyed in a fire during the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877. The present castle was built in 1964 by the descendants of the Okudaira Samurai clan, and was modeled on Hagi Castle.
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