Hamamatsu Castle

Hamamatsu Castle
浜松城
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Keep of Hamamatsu Castle
Hamamatsu Castle is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Hamamatsu Castle
Hamamatsu Castle
Hamamatsu Castle is located in Japan
Hamamatsu Castle
Hamamatsu Castle
Coordinates34°42′42″N 137°43′30″E / 34.711802°N 137.724958°E / 34.711802; 137.724958
TypeJapanese castle
HeightThree stories
Site information
ConditionReconstructed, serves as a museum
Site history
BuiltCirca 1532, rebuilt 1958
Built byImagawa clan
MaterialsWood, stone

Hamamatsu Castle (浜松城, Hamamatsu-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle ruin, with some replica castle buildings. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.[1] It is also called Shusse Castle (出世城, Shusse-jō).

  1. ^ Connolly, Peter (1998). The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare. New York: Routledge. pp. 213. ISBN 1-57958-116-1.