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Matsue Castle donjon
Alternate Name chidori-jo
Founder Horio Yoshiharu
Year 1611
Type Hilltop
Structure 5 levels, 6 floors
Condition Original
Rating ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Historical Site National Historic Site
Historical Value Top 100 Castles, Important Cultural Properties
Historical Artifacts Important Cultural Properties:
tenshu
Location Matsue, Shimane Pref.
Map Google Map
Access Matsue Station (San'in line)
Website Matsue City Sightseeing Page
Notes Not personally visited, pictures donated by Cesare Polenghi. This is an original castle and very high on my list of castles I want to visit.
History Horio Yoshiharu was awarded the lands around Izumo for his participation in the Battle of Sekigahara. After 3 generations of Horio rule and one of Kyogoku, the castle was passed to one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandson's Matsudaira Naomasa. The Matsudaira ruled for 234 years until the castle was dismantled during the Meiji Period. Fortunately, the main donjon you see above was saved.

Other Views:

Matsue Castle donjon Matsue Castle seen from nearby hills. Interior of Matsue Castle yagura and well Mastue castle moat Matsue Castle as seen from nearby hills.

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