Hirosaki Castle as featured on a 1930s travel poster
Hirosaki Castle (弘前城, Hirosaki-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Tsugaru clan, a 47,000 kokutozama daimyō clan who ruled over Hirosaki Domain, Mutsu Province, in what is now central Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It was also referred to as Takaoka Castle (鷹岡城 or 高岡城, Takaoka-jō).
HirosakiCastle (弘前城, Hirosaki-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Tsugaru clan, a 47,000 koku tozama daimyō...
524.20 square kilometers (202.39 sq mi). Hirosaki developed as a castle town for the 100,000 koku Hirosaki Domain ruled by the Tsugaru clan. The city...
northern Honshū. The domain was centered at HirosakiCastle, located in the center of what is now the city of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. It was ruled by...
other castles have significant numbers of other extant historical castle buildings: Bitchū Matsuyama Castle Hikone Castle Himeji CastleHirosakiCastle Inuyama...
at Sannohe Castle. He succeeded his father in 1567 or 1568 as castellan of Ōura Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Hirosaki. According...
Tsugaru clan, from their capital at Hirosaki. Work on HirosakiCastle was completed in 1611, replacing Horikoshi Castle as the Tsugaru clan's fortress. By...
Horikoshi Castle (堀越城, Horikoshi jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku...
The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history...
the most prominent of the festivals being located on the grounds of HirosakiCastle. Summer and autumn hold many distinct festivals with bright lights...
of Matsue Castle in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture Built in 1607 Tenshu of HirosakiCastle in Hirosaki, Aomori Completed in 1611 Hikone Castle in Hikone,...
Japan in 1977. It lies within Hirosaki Park, in the former grounds of HirosakiCastle. As of March 2016, the collection numbered some eighteen thousand items...
Site, collectively with HirosakiCastle and Horikoshi Castle as the "Tsugaru clan Castle Sites" since 2002. Tanesato Castle was located to the west of...
highway begins as a concurrent route with National Route 7 in central Hirosaki, it then leaves National Route 7 in Fujisaki and travels north through...
the eldest son of Tsugaru Nobuyoshi, 3rd daimyō of Hirosaki Domain and was born at HirosakiCastle. He was 9 when his father died, and his uncle Tsugaru...
Shibata, Murakami, Tsuruoka, Sakata, Yurihonjō, Akita, Noshiro, Ōdate, and Hirosaki. Its endpoint and northern terminus lies in Aomori at a junction with national...
Nobuhira (津軽 信枚, May 9, 1586 – February 14, 1631) was the second daimyō of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture)...
Norway's Christmas traditions. Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture, Japan holds an annual winter four-day festival at HirosakiCastle. The festival had attracted...
at Sannohe Castle. He succeeded his father in 1567 or 1568 as castellan of Ōura Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Hirosaki. According...
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