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Yokote Castle was built by the Onodera clan in 1550, in
Yokote Castle was built by the Onodera clan in 1550, in Akita prefecture
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While it was constructed in 1500s, it's believed there were fortifications on site before that. The castle was of a modest size, consisting mainly of two features: the main enclosure and the secondary, Ninomaru.
It was burnt down in the Boshin War
The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...
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Present site
There is a reconstruction of the keep, built in 1965, on the present site, in the main enclosure.References
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