Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now western Okayama Prefecture. It controlled most of central Bitchū Province and was centered around Bitchū Matsuyama Castle. It was ruled in its latter history by a branch of the Itakura clan. Following the Meiji restoration, it was briefly renamed Takahashi Domain . It was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle in Takahashi, Okayama
Itakura Katukiyo
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle , also known as Takahashi Castle (高梁城), is a Japanese castle located in the city of Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. It is not to be confused with Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. Along with having one of only twelve remaining original tenshu in the country, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle is notable as the castle with the highest elevation above sea level in Japan at 430 meters (1410 ft). It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1956.
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle
The castle floating on a sea of clouds
The site of the daimyō palace
The tenshu of Bitchū Matsuyama castle.