Kagoshima Castle information

Kagoshima Castle (鹿児島城, Kagoshima-jō), also known as Tsurumaru Castle, was a Japanese castle located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Kagoshima Castle...

large peninsulas created by Kagoshima Bay. Kagoshima Prefecture formed the core of the Satsuma Domain, ruled from Kagoshima Castle, one of the most important...

1871. The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, located in the south of the island...

men reached Kagoshima on September 1 and seized Shiroyama, overlooking the city. Kagoshima boto shutsujinzu by Yoshitoshi Kumamoto Castle Saigō Takamori...

Amami, Kagoshima Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi, Okayama Bitchu Takamatsu Castle, Okayama, Okayama Chibana Castle, Okinawa, Okinawa Chihaya Castle, Chihayaakasaka...

back to Kagoshima city. Fighting continued there, and the stones walls of Kagoshima Castle still show the damage done by bullets. (Kagoshima Castle was never...

Kagoshima University (鹿児島大学, Kagoshima Daigaku), abbreviated to Kadai (鹿大), is a Japanese national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture...

Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan. It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily...

would meet up in the Shimazu home province of Satsuma. They besieged Kagoshima castle, the Shimazu clan's home. The Shimazu surrendered, leaving Hideyoshi...

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...

held the court title of Ōsumi no Kami (大隈守). Hisamitsu was born in Kagoshima Castle in 1817, the son of Shimazu Narioki, the 10th daimyō; Hisamitsu's name...

people of Kagoshima. She played important roles as a diplomat when living under the Toyotomi clan, she later became castellan of Kokubu Castle. It is said...

Kokubu Castle (国分城, Kokubu-jō) also called Maizuru Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The site is...

鹿児島県尋常中学校 (Kagoshima Ken Jinjō-Chūgakkō) and the year is Tsurumaru's founding year. This high school's name is derived from Kagoshima Castle also called...

Shimazu was routed in Satsuma itself, and Hideyoshi laid Siege of Kagoshima castle. Yoshihisa sued for peace, and a truce was agreed. Hideyoshi offered...

Izaku Castle (伊作城, Izaku-jō) was a castle structure in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The date of the castle's construction is unknown, but it is...

Ichiuji Castle (一宇治城, Ichiuji-jō) is a castle structure in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.　Ichiuji Castle is also called Ijūin Castle. Ichiuji Castle was...

Chiran Castle (知覧城, Chiran-jō) is a castle structure in Chiran, Kagoshima, Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National...

The siege of Iwatsurugi Castle was fought in 1554 near Kagoshima Bay at the southern end of the island of Kyushu, Japan. The siege was just one of a number...

imina was Sueyasu (季靖). Ijichi Masaharu was born near the walls of Kagoshima Castle. He was the second son, and his father was Ijichi Suehira (伊地知 季平)...

Shimazu defeat at Sendaigawa, the Shimazu then retreated to their home castle of Kagoshima. Hideyoshi's forces numbering roughly 60,000, then made a landing...

Kagoshima City Museum of Art (鹿児島市立美術館, Kagoshima shiritsu bijutsukan) opened within the Ninomaru (secondary enclosure) of Tsurumaru Castle in Kagoshima...