Uwajima castle

宇和島城 uwajima-jô   鶴島城 tsurushima-jô

originally preserved  donjon (tenshukan)

built from 1595-1601; donjon extended 1664

japanische Burg

Uwajima City / Shikoku

Uwajima-jô was built in 1596 by order of TÔDÔ Takatora, a sovereign who is said to have received the small fiefdom in Uwajima from TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi a year earlier. The original three-storey main tower was added by DATE Munetoshi in the course of extensive expansion and repair work on the castle complex in the mid-17th century.