Tsuruga castle / Aizu-Wakamatsu castle

鶴ケ城 tsuruga-jou   会津若松城 aizu-wakamatsu-jou

castle with rebuilt main tower

japanische Burg / Japanese castle

Aizu-Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jô / Aizu-Wakamatsu-jô – Japanese Castle | Hartmut Pohling

The Tsuruga-jô fortress in Aizu-Wakamatsu, in the north-east of Japan, has existed since the end of the 14th century, and extensions were made in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1643, a half-brother of Shôgun TOKUGAWA Iemitsu became the new lord of the castle and thus gained control over Tôhoku. Destruction of the castle at the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912), during the Boshin War (1868-69), in which MATSUDAIRA Katamori, who was loyal to the Shogunate and was the sovereign (daimyô) of Aizu-Wakamatsu, fought the imperial troops. The main tower was rebuilt by 1965.