In 1592, TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi had the castle built as his residence. When this castle was destroyed by an earthquake in 1596, Hideyoshi moved the castle to the nearby hill called Kowata-yama. In 1597, the five-storey castle tower was completed there. In 1598, Hideyoshi died at the castle. During the skirmishes leading up to the “Battle of Sekigahara”, the castle was severely damaged in attacks. After the battle, TOKUGAWA Ieyasu had the castle restored. In 1619, the castle fell under the shogunate’s decree of ‘one castle per province’ (ikkoku ichijō-rei) and was then demolished by 1625.
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