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On April 6, 2006, Matsumoto Castle was selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles. [7] Matsumoto Castle was damaged in a 5.4 magnitude earthquake on June 30, 2011. The quake caused around ten cracks in the inner wall of the main castle tower. [8] There is a plan for restoring the soto-bori (outer moat), which was reclaimed for a residential ...
Castle of Sand (砂の器, Suna no utsuwa) is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel Suna no Utsuwa by Seicho Matsumoto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Plot
Generally the types are characterised according to the topography of the castle's site and named accordingly: mountain castles (山城, yamajiro); flatland castles (平城, hirajiro), as exemplified by Matsumoto Castle; and flatland mountain castles (平山城, hirayamajiro), which are castles built on hills in a plain such as Himeji Castle ...
Ichigoyama Castle, Yoshii, Gunma; Ichijōdani Castle, Fukui, Fukui; Iga Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie; Iha Castle, Uruma, Okinawa; Imabari Castle, Imabari, Ehime; Ina Castle ...
Hayashi Castle (林城, Hayashi-jō) was constructed by Ogasawara Kiyomune in 1459 to replace the smaller Igawa Castle. It is located on a ridge extending northwest from the Takato mountains, in the southeast portion of the modern city of Matsumoto. The castle is actually a double fortification sandwiched in a small valley between two ridges.
Himeji Castle. The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Association (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.
Castle of Sand (1974), a Shochiku production, directed by Yoshitarō Nomura and starring Tetsurō Tamba. [4] Suna no Utsuwa (1977), a Fuji TV production, mini-series in 6 episodes. [5] directed by Takuji Tominaga. [6] It stars Tatsuya Nakadai (Eitaro Imanishi) and Masakazu Tamura ( Eiryo Waga). [7]
Matsumoto Domain (松本藩, Matsumoto han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province , Honshū . The domain was centered at Matsumoto Castle , [ 1 ] located in what is the city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture .