Sunpu Castle 駿府城 | |
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Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan | |
Coordinates | 34°58′46″N 138°23′01″E / 34.97944°N 138.38361°E |
Type | Hirayama-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | yes |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1589, rebuilt 1607, 1610, 1635 |
Built by | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
In use | Sengoku period-1889 |
Demolished | 1896 |
Sunpu Castle (駿府城, Sunpu-jō) is a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle of the Floating Isle".[1] It was also referred to as Fuchu Castle (府中城, Fuchū-jō) or Shizuoka Castle (静岡城, Shizuoka-jō).