Mihara Domain
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The Mihara Domain was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, it encompassed the southern part of Bingo Province. Its headquarter was Miha
Mihara Castle, a.k.a. "The Floating Castle (Ukishirō)"
Portrait of the third daimyō, Asano Tadayoshi.
The tenshu foundation of Mihara Castle.
Hiroshima Castle
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Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but mu
Mihara Domain
…and Mimasaka, for a total of 550,000 koku. The shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, transferred Fukushima Masanori who was formerly the ruler of Kiyosu Castle to Hiroshima Castle of the Hiroshima Domain and his adopted son Fukushima Masayuki became lord of the Mihara Domain from Mihara Castle. Shortly afterwards the Fukushima…
Keep tower, Hiroshima Castle, Southwest remote view 20190417 1
The tenshu prior to its destruction in 1945.
Part of the reconstructed ninomaru
Part of the reconstructed castle