Sasayama Castle
Sasayama Castle (篠山城, sasayamajō) is a Japanese castle in Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan.
History
Construction of this castle was begun by the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1608 and it was completed in six months. Ikeda Terumasa was in charge of the construction and the plan of the castle was done by Todo Takatora. It is said that twenty daimyo were mobilized for the construction. The castle was so well designed that Ieyasu commanded that the tenshu, or keep, not be constructed because he feared that it would be used as a base against him.
Almost all of the buildings in the castle were destroyed after the Meiji Restoration, except for the Ōshoin, or the Grand Hall of the castle. However, the Ōshoin was destroyed by firebombing by American forces in 1944. The Ōshoin was reconstructed in 2000.
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