Official website (https://kumamoto-guide.jp/kumamoto-castle/)
Key facts
- Type
- Azuchi-Momoyama castle
- Controlled by
- Ideta clan (1469–1496), Kanokogi clan (1496–1550), Jou clan (1550–1587), Sassa clan (1587–1588), Kato clan (1588–1632), Hosokawa clan (1632–1871), Japan (1871–present)
- Condition
- Restored in 1960 and 1998–2008. Currently under repair following damage caused by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes .
- Built
- 1467 (original fortifications) 1496 (expansion) 1601–1607 (expansion) 1610 (Honmaru Goten Palace) 1960 (reconstruction) 1998–2008 (reconstruction) 2016-present (repairs following Earthquake damage)
- Built by
- Ideta Hidenobu (1467) Kanokogi Chikakazu (1496) Katō Kiyomasa (1601–1607) Katō Kiyomasa (1610)
- In use
- 1467–1874 -1945(as military base)
- Materials
- Wood, stone, plaster, tile
- Demolished
- 1877 ( Satsuma Rebellion )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
【公式】熊本城
今こそ見てほしい熊本城。平成２８年熊本地震で大きな被害を受けた熊本城ですが、二の丸広場や加藤神社から、天守閣等を見ることができます。熊本城の復旧状況のお知らせや、二の丸広場等を活用したイベント情報も随時更新しております。熊本城修復の支援を募る「復興城主」制度も情報を掲載しています。
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Encyclopedic overview
Kumamoto Castle (熊本城, Kumamoto-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep (天守閣, tenshukaku) is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle. Kumamoto Castle is considered one of the three premier castles in Japan, along with Himeji Castle and Matsumoto Castle. Thirteen structures in the castle complex are designated Important Cultural Property.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kumamoto Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.