Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)

Takamatsu Castle
	高松城
	Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
	250px The Ushitora yagura
	Takamatsu Castle
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Type	Azuchi-Momoyama castle
Area	79,587km² (originally 660,000km²)
Site information
Controlled by	Ikoma clan (until 1639); Matsudaira clan (1642-1869)
Open to; the public	Tamamo Park
Condition	Archaeological and designated national historical site; castle ruins and two yagura remain.
Website	Tamamo Park (Ruins of Takamatsu Castle)
Site history
Built	1590
Built by	Ikoma Chikamasa
In use	1869
Materials	Wood, stone, plaster

Takamatsu Castle (高松城, Takamatsu-jō^?) is located in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. This castle is also called Tamamo Castle (玉藻城, Tamamo-jō^?).

History

Takamatsu Castle was built in 1590 by Ikoma Chikamasa, the first feudal lord of Takamatsu Domain.^[1] The Ikoma clan ruled from the castle for 54 years before their fief was given to the Matsudaira clan.^[2] This castle is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Water Castles" in Japan, along with Imabari Castle in Ehime Prefecture and Nakatsu Castle in Oita Prefecture.

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Takamatsu castle01 in 1882.jpg

Tenshu
Sannomaru seen from Tenshu.jpg

Sannomaru
Takamatsu Castle Shika Yagura.jpg

Takamatsu Castle is famous Mizujiro^{[clarification needed]}

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v t e 100 Fine Castles of Japan by region
Hokkaidō	Nemuro Peninsula Chashiato Goryōkaku Matsumae
Tōhoku	Hirosaki Ne Morioka Sendai Taga Kubota Yamagata Nihonmatsu Aizuwakamatsu Komine
Kantō	Mito Banna-ji Minowa Kanayama Hachigata Kawagoe Sakura Edo Hachiōji Odawara Tsutsujigasaki Kōfu Matsushiro Ueda Komoro Matsumoto Takatō Shibata Kasugayama
Chūbu	Takaoka Nanao Kanazawa Maruoka Ichijōdani Iwamura Gifu Yamanaka Sunpu Kakegawa Inuyama Nagoya Okazaki Nagashino Iga Ueno Matsuzaka
Kansai	Odani Hikone Azuchi Kannonji Nijō Osaka Chihaya Takeda Sasayama Akashi Himeji Akō Takatori Wakayama
Chūgoku	Tottori Matsue Gassantoda Tsuwano Tsuyama Bitchū Matsuyama Ki Okayama Fukuyama Yoshida-Kōriyama Hiroshima Iwakuni Hagi
Shikoku	Tokushima Takamatsu Marugame Imabari Matsuyama Yuzuki Ōzu Uwajima Kōchi
Kyūshū^a	Fukuoka Ōno Nagoya Yoshinogari site Saga Hirado Shimabara Kumamoto Hitoyoshi Funai Oka Obi Kagoshima Nakijin Nakagusuku Shuri
^a including Okinawa.

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Takamatsu Castle
高松城

Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
250px The Ushitora yagura
Takamatsu Castle
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Type	Azuchi-Momoyama castle
Area	79,587km² (originally 660,000km²)
Site information
Controlled by	Ikoma clan (until 1639) Matsudaira clan (1642-1869)
Open to the public	Tamamo Park
Condition	Archaeological and designated national historical site; castle ruins and two yagura remain.
Website	Tamamo Park (Ruins of Takamatsu Castle)
Site history
Built	1590 (1590)
Built by	Ikoma Chikamasa
In use	1869 (1869)
Materials	Wood, stone, plaster