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A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in Åsaki, Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the TÅhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...
, Japan
Japan ( ja, æ¥æ¬, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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After serving Hideyoshi for a time, Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's AzuchiâMomoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyÅ'' in the TÅhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
was given Iwatesawa castle and the surrounding lands as his home domain. Masamune moved there in 1591, rebuilt the castle, renamed it Iwadeyama, and encouraged the growth of a town at its base. Masamune stayed at Iwadeyama for 13 years and turned the region into a major political and economic center.
After the Meiji revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed.
See also
*List of castles in Japan
This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability. Five of Japan's castles (Hikone, Himeji, Inuyama, Matsue and Matsumoto) are National Treasures.
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