Tsuruga castle / Aizu-Wakamatsu castle

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

castle with rebuilt main tower / japanische Burg

Aizu-Wakamatsu City

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.