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  • Uwajima Castle
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  • is a hirayama-jiro (Japanese castle on a hill on a plain) in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. This castle is well known as one of the twelve Japanese castles to still have an original donjon built in the Edo Period.
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Built
  • 1585
demolished
  • Most of the castle during the Meiji Restoration, though the tenshu survived.
Name
  • Uwajima Castle
Type
  • Hirayamajiro
Caption
  • The original wooden tenshu of Uwajima Castle
Height
  • Three stories
Condition
  • The tenshu and some ruins remain.
used
  • 1596
Builder
Materials
  • Earth, stone, and wood
Location
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  • is a hirayama-jiro (Japanese castle on a hill on a plain) in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. This castle is well known as one of the twelve Japanese castles to still have an original donjon built in the Edo Period.