Edo Period

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Edo Period / 江戸時代

This is a subtype of Historical Period

This category includes all those castles that were active in the Edo Period. At the beginning of the Edo Period the "One Castle Per Province" edict forced the abandonment of thousands of smaller castles throughout Japan. The castles that remained into the Edo Period or were newly built in the Edo Period saw many changes to their construction compared to earlier castles. Since a lord could only have one castle, it tended to be bigger. Castles also shifted to Hilltops or Plains from the mountains to make them more accessible and easier to govern from. As techniques improved you would see also bigger stone walls, wider moats to prevent gunfire, and larger main keeps. Some of these techniques were developed at the end of the Sengoku Period in places like Azuchi Castle and Osaka Castle but they really became most widespread in the Edo Period to the point where you could say they were standard features of Edo Period castles.

Edo Period castles also includes a subset of fortifications called jin'ya. Jin'ya are basically fortified government offices. They were built for small domains (generally less than 30,000 koku of rice) where the lord did not have the qualifications to be a "castle lord." These were called "castleless lords" or "jin'ya lords". Jin'ya were also established for domains, like Takayama (see Takayama Jin'ya), that were directly under control of the Tokugawa government. Jin'ya are often listed as castles in castle books and materials.

There were 300 provinces (with some minor changes through the period) in the Edo Period, so you could say that in the Edo Period alone there were 300 active castles (including a handful of jin'ya). For people who are new to visiting Japanese castles or whose image of Japanese castles is Himeji Castle these Edo Period castles are a good place to start on this adventure. With a few exceptions, all castles labelled as Edo Period in here are mostly cataloged in these books about the Edo Period castles of the 300 Han Castles and Jin'ya of 300 Edo Period Domains - East Japan (図説江戸三百藩「城と陣屋 (東国編)) and Castles and Jin'ya of 300 Edo Period Domains - West Japan (図説江戸三百藩「城と陣屋」(西国編)).

Castles with Edo Period
  1. Aizu Wakamatsu Castle
  2. Akasaka Jin'ya
  3. Akashi Castle
  4. Akayama Jin'ya
  5. Akizuki Castle
  6. Akizuki Domain South Detached Palace
  7. Ako Castle
  8. Amagasaki Castle
  9. Anjou Jin'ya
  10. Annaka Castle
  11. Ashimori Jin'ya
  12. Ashinoya Jin'ya
  13. Awaji Castle (Chikuma)
  14. Baba Yashiki
  15. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle
  16. Chamachi Battery (Obama Domain)
  17. Chimura Yashiki
  18. Dannoura Battery
  19. Eboshigata Castle
  20. Echizen Katsuyama Castle
  21. Echizen Ohno Castle
  22. Edo Castle
  23. Fukuchiyama Castle
  24. Fukui Castle
  25. Fukuoka Castle
  26. Fukushima Castle (Echigo)
  27. Fukuyama Castle
  28. Funai Castle
  29. Goryokaku Fort
  30. Hachimanshita Battery (Obama Domain)
  31. Hagi Castle
  32. Hagiwarasuwa Castle
  33. Hamada Castle
  34. Hamamatsu Castle
  35. Hekirichi Jinya
  36. Hikobe Yashiki
  37. Hikone Castle
  38. Himeji Castle
  39. Hirado Castle
  40. Hirata Yashiki
  41. Hirosaki Castle
  42. Hiroshima Castle
  43. Hitoyoshi Castle
  44. Horinouchi Yashiki
  45. Hyogo Castle
  46. Iba Palace
  47. Ide Yakata
  48. Iga Ueno Castle
  49. Iida Castle
  50. Iijima Jin'ya
  51. Imabari Castle
  52. Imai Jin'ya
  53. Inawashiro Castle
  54. Inuyama Castle
  55. Isawa Jin'ya
  56. Ishida Jin'ya
  57. Itoi Jin'ya
  58. Itoigawa Jinya
  59. Iwaki Taira Castle
  60. Iwakuni Castle
  61. Iwamura Castle
  62. Iwatsuki Castle
  63. Iyo Matsuyama Castle
  64. Izuki Jin'ya
  65. Izumi Jin'ya
  66. Izushi Castle
  67. Junhanshi Yashiki
  68. Kagoshima Castle
  69. Kaibara Jinya
  70. Kakegawa Castle
  71. Kameda Castle
  72. Kamegasaki Castle
  73. Kamei Castle
  74. Kameyama Battery
  75. Kameyama Castle
  76. Kaminoyama Castle
  77. Kamomegasaki Battery (Obama Domain)
  78. Kanazawa Castle
  79. Kanegasaki Battery (Obama Domain)
  80. Kanegasaki Castle (Iwate)
  81. Kano Castle
  82. Kanzeyamachi Battery (Obama Domain)
  83. Kanzou Yashiki
  84. Karasuyama Castle
  85. Karatsu Castle
  86. Kasama Castle
  87. Kashima Castle (Hizen)
  88. Kashiwabara Palace
  89. Katsunumashi Yakata
  90. Katsuyama Palace
  91. Kawagoe Castle
  92. Kawasaki Battery (Obama Domain)
  93. Kishiwada Castle
  94. Kiso Daikansho
  95. Kitsuki Castle
  96. Kiyosaki Castle (Echigo)
  97. Kochi Castle
  98. Kofu Castle
  99. Kokura Castle
  100. Komatsu Castle
  101. Komoro Castle
  102. Koromo Castle
  103. Kubota Castle
  104. Kumamoto Castle
  105. Kurokawashi Castle (Koka)
  106. Kurume Castle
  107. Kururi Castle
  108. Kushima Castle
  109. Kutsuki Izuminokami Jin'ya
  110. Kutsuki Shuzen Jin'ya
  111. Kuwai Castle (Mikawa)
  112. Kuwana Castle
  113. Maebashi Castle
  114. Maeda Battery
  115. Makabe Castle
  116. Makabe Jinya
  117. Marugame Castle
  118. Maruoka Castle
  119. Maruoka Castle (Dewa)
  120. Matsubara Battery (Obama Domain)
  121. Matsudaira Yakata
  122. Matsue Castle
  123. Matsugashita Battery (Obama Domain)
  124. Matsumae Castle
  125. Matsumoto Castle
  126. Matsusaka Castle
  127. Matsushiro Castle
  128. Mibu Castle
  129. Mihara Castle
  130. Mikawa Kou Jin'ya
  131. Minakuchi Castle
  132. Mito Castle
  133. Miyachi Yashiki
  134. Mizusawa Castle
  135. Momose Jin'ya
  136. Morioka Castle
  137. Motojuku Jin'ya
  138. Murakami Castle
  139. Muramatsu Castle
  140. Nabari Jinya
  141. Nabekura Castle
  142. Naegi Castle
  143. Nagaoka Castle
  144. Nagasawa Jin'ya
  145. Nagasawa Palace
  146. Nagasawa Yadahime Yashiki
  147. Nagashima Castle
  148. Nagata Jin'ya
  149. Nagoya Castle
  150. Nakano Jin'ya
  151. Nakanojou Jin'ya
  152. Nakata Yashiki
  153. Nakazaki Yashiki
  154. Nanokaichi Jin'ya
  155. Nihonmatsu Castle
  156. Nijo Castle
  157. Nijoko Castle
  158. Nirasaki Jin'ya
  159. Nirayama Daikansho
  160. Nishio Castle
  161. Niwase Castle
  162. Nobeoka Castle
  163. Numata Castle
  164. Obama Castle
  165. Obata Jin'ya
  166. Obi Castle
  167. Odawara Castle
  168. Ogaki Castle
  169. Ogurayama Castle
  170. Ohkubo Jin'ya (Mikawa)
  171. Ohmori Daikansho
  172. Ojima Jin'ya
  173. Oka Castle
  174. Okayama Castle
  175. Okazaki Castle
  176. Okutono Jin'ya
  177. Osaka Castle
  178. Oshi Castle
  179. Oshirohama Battery (Obama Domain)
  180. Otaki Castle
  181. Ozu Castle
  182. Rokugawa Jin'ya
  183. Saga Castle
  184. Sagaki Jin'ya
  185. Sagara Castle
  186. Saiki Castle
  187. Sakura Castle
  188. Sakura Castle (Aichi)
  189. Saraki Jin'ya
  190. Sarushima Battery Island
  191. Sasayama Castle
  192. Sasayama Shuzan Daikansho
  193. Sekiyado Castle
  194. Sendai Castle
  195. Sengoku Yakata
  196. Shibata Castle
  197. Shichinohe Castle
  198. Shigehara Jin'ya
  199. Shimabara Castle
  200. Shimizu Jin'ya
  201. Shinagawa Battery Islands
  202. Shingu Castle
  203. Shinshiro Castle
  204. Shiojiri Jin'ya
  205. Shirakawa Castle
  206. Shiroishi Castle
  207. Shiryokaku Fort
  208. Shishido Jin'ya
  209. Shuri Castle
  210. Shuukouan'ura Battery (Obama Domain)
  211. Sonobe Castle
  212. Suibara Daikansho
  213. Sunpu Castle
  214. Suwa Ohhouri Yakata
  215. Suzaki Battery
  216. Tagayashi Yakata
  217. Takada Castle (Niigata)
  218. Takada Castle (Okayama)
  219. Takaino Jin'ya
  220. Takamatsu Castle
  221. Takamuro Yashiki
  222. Takaoka Castle
  223. Takasaki Castle
  224. Takashima Castle
  225. Takato Castle
  226. Takatori Castle
  227. Takatsuki Castle
  228. Takayama Jin'ya
  229. Tamaru Castle
  230. Tanabe Castle
  231. Tanabe Castle (Wakayama)
  232. Tanagura Castle
  233. Tanaka Castle
  234. Tanaka Tadamasa Yashiki
  235. Tanba Kameyama Castle
  236. Tanokuchi Jin'ya
  237. Tarui Castle
  238. Tatebayashi Castle
  239. Tatsuno Castle
  240. Tatsuoka Castle
  241. Tayasu Jin'ya
  242. Toba Castle
  243. Tokumi Jin'ya
  244. Tomioka Castle
  245. Tomioka Jin'ya
  246. Toro Jin'ya (Mikawa)
  247. Tottori Castle
  248. Toyama Castle
  249. Toyokawa Castle
  250. Toyooka Jinya
  251. Tsu Castle
  252. Tsuchiura Castle
  253. Tsurugaoka Castle
  254. Tsuwano Castle
  255. Tsuyama Castle
  256. Ueda Castle
  257. Umiteura Battery (Obama Domain)
  258. Ushiku Jinya
  259. Utsunomiya Castle
  260. Uwajima Castle
  261. Wakamatsu Castle (Azumi)
  262. Wakamiko Castle
  263. Wakayama Castle
  264. Yamagata Castle
  265. Yamaguchi Castle
  266. Yamaguchi Yashiki
  267. Yamamoto Jin'ya
  268. Yamato Koriyama Castle
  269. Yamura Jin'ya
  270. Yasuda Castle (Echigo)
  271. Yatsushiro Castle
  272. Yatsushiro Yashiki
  273. Yodo Castle
  274. Yoita Jin'ya
  275. Yokosuka Castle
  276. Yokote Castle
  277. Yonago Castle
  278. Yoshida Castle
  279. Yoshimizu Jinya
  280. Yunagaya Jin'ya
  281. Zeze Castle
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