Categories related to Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Fortifications: Castles: Japan: Regional: Asia: Japan: Arts and Entertainment: Traditional: Architecture (13) Regional: Asia: Japan: Society and Culture: History: Feudal Period (13) Websites on Japan: Castles of Japan Takashi Toyooka offers a location map, brief description, thumbnail photographs and any relevant links for each castle. Select via an interactive map or an index. Bibliography. Castles of Japan Takashi Toyooka offers a location map, brief description, thumbnail photographs and any relevant links for each castle. Select via an interactive map or an index. Bibliography. Castles of Japan Takashi Toyooka offers a location map, brief description, thumbnail photographs and any relevant links for each castle. Select via an interactive map or an index. Bibliography. The Castles of Japan ThinkQuest provides an illustrated guide to surviving castles, together with the historic context and design features. Includes a bibliography and simulations of castle-storming. Gifu Castle Size of a building, former inhabitant, photo,access information. Goryokaku Constructed reason,record of war,size of building. Guide to Japanese Castles Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text. Inuyama Castle History, scale, video clip and successive owner. Japanese Castle History, movie, and links. Japanese Castles A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan. Japanese Castles A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan. Japanese castles Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat. Matsumoto Castle History, design and photograph of castle tower and decoration. Nijo Castle Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun. Oshiro Meguri Fan Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting. Shiro: A Japanese Castle Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe. Shurijo Castle History, draw up a city plan, video and people of castle. Virtual Tour Himeji Castle History, map, tour and gallery of photographs of this magnificent timber castle on a stone base, built in 1601 by Terumasa Ikeda - a World Heritage site. By Hakurotowa No Kai. Wikipedia: Azuchi Castle An illustrated history and description of this fortress built 1576-1579 by Oda Nobunaga on the shores of Lake Biwa. Wikipedia: Edo Castle An illustrated history and description of this castle built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo. Wikipedia: Osaka Castle An illustrated history and description of this important castle, built from 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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