Reconstructed Main Gate of Shiroishi Castle, Japan. Castle was founded in 1591 by Gamo Ujisato and dismantled in 1875
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Ivan Marchuk / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2B36M3AFile size:
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3067 x 1970 px | 26 x 16.7 cm | 10.2 x 6.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
25 May 2017Location:
Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, JapanMore information:
The area of Shiroishi was under the control of Date Masamune until 1591. In that year it was seized by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and bestowed upon Gamo Ujisato along with Tsuruga-jo (Wakamatsu). Gamo then constructed this castle at Shiroishi under control from Wakamatsu. Soon after the battle of Sekigahara (1600) Date Masamunue reclaimed this area and stationed Katakura Kojuro at Shiroishi-jo. After the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, they created a law which allowed for only one castle in each province. The area of Shiroishi was techinically in the province controlled from Sendai which already had a castle. The Katakura family, however, received special permission to retain their castle at Shiroishi and the descendents of Katakura Kojuro controlled Shiroishi-jo until the Meiji Restoration. It was eventually torn down during the second year of Meiji (1867).