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Fukuyama Castle 福山城 | |
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Fukuyama, Japan | |
Type | Japanese castle |
Height | (five stories) |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Mizuno clan (1622-1700), Matsudaira Tadamasa (1700-1710), Abe clan (1710-1874), Japan (1874-present) |
Condition | Reconstructed, serves as history museum |
Site history | |
Built | 1619-1622, rebuilt 1966 |
Built by | Mizuno Katsunari |
In use | 1622-1874 |
Materials | stone, wood, plaster walls (original); concrete, steel, wood, stone, plaster (reconstruction) |
Demolished | 8 August 1945 |
Fukuyama Castle (福山城, Fukuyama-jō), sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle (久松城, Hisamatsu-jō) or Iyō Castle (葦陽城, Iyō-jō) was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period[1] of Japanese history. The grounds of the castle have been designate a National Historic Site since 1964. [2][3] The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.