Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle
熊本城
Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type	Azuchi-Momoyama castle
Site information
Controlled by	Ideta clan (1469–1496); Kanokogi clan (1496–1550); Jou clan (1550–1587); Sassa clan (1587–1588); Kato clan (1588–1632); Hosokawa clan (1632–1871); Japan (1871–present)
Condition	Restored in 1960 and 1998–2008. Currently under repair following damage caused by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.
Site history
Built	1467 (original fortifications) ; 1496 (expansion) ; 1601–1607 (expansion) ; 1610 (Honmaru Goten Palace) ; 1960 (reconstruction) ; 1998–2008 (reconstruction) ; 2016-present (repairs following Earthquake damage);
Built by	Ideta Hidenobu (1467) ; Kanokogi Chikakazu (1496) ; Katō Kiyomasa (1601–1607) ; Katō Kiyomasa (1610) ;
In use	1467–1874 -1945(as military base)
Materials	Wood, stone, plaster, tile
Demolished	1877 (Satsuma Rebellion)
Japanese name
Kanji	熊本城
Hiragana	くまもとじょう
Katakana	クマモトジョウ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Kumamoto-jō

Kumamoto Castle (熊本城, Kumamoto-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep (天守閣, tenshukaku) is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle. Kumamoto Castle is considered one of the three premier castles in Japan, along with Himeji Castle and Matsumoto Castle. Thirteen structures in the castle complex are designated Important Cultural Property.

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