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Hirado Castle
平戸城
Hirado, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Keep of Hirado Castle
A 16th-century French depiction of Hirado Castle based on eyewitness accounts
Hirado Castle 平戸城 is located in Nagasaki Prefecture
Hirado Castle 平戸城
Hirado Castle
平戸城
Hirado Castle 平戸城 is located in Japan
Hirado Castle 平戸城
Hirado Castle
平戸城
Coordinates33°22′07″N 129°33′27″E / 33.368575°N 129.557567°E / 33.368575; 129.557567
TypeHirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionreconstruction from 1962
Site history
Built1718 (original)
1962 (rebuild)
Built byMatsura Takashi
In useEdo period
Demolished1872 (original)

Hirado Castle (平戸城, Hirado-jō) was the seat of the Matsura clan, the daimyō of Hirado Domain, of Hizen Province, Kyūshū. It is located in present-day Hirado city Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as Kameoka Castle (亀岡城, Kameoka-jō).

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