Yonezawa Castle

Yonezawa Castle
米沢城
Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Moats of Yonezawa Castle
Yonezawa Castle from the air, 1972
Coordinates37°54′34.62″N 140°06′18.52″E / 37.9096167°N 140.1051444°E / 37.9096167; 140.1051444
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Site history
Built1238, rebuilt 1608-1613
Built byUesugi Kagekatsu
In useEdo period
Demolished1873

Yonezawa Castle (米沢城, Yonezawa-jō) is a Japanese castle in Yonezawa city in Yamagata Prefecture. It is a flatland-style castle, and was the residence of the Uesugi clan, who were the daimyō, or feudal lords, of Yonezawa Domain during the Edo period.


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