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134:138°15′21″E
122:Coordinates
1405:Categories
1297:Kii Castle
1264:Okō Castle
1077:Tsu Castle
659:"続日本100名城"
645:References
511:Boshin War
361:Maeda clan
293:under the
276:Background
238:Edo period
733:by region
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550:in 2017.
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196:1614-1889
172:Condition
131:37°6′36″N
966:Hokuriku
740:Hokkaidō
554:See also
533:. After
483:kokudaka
396:ramparts
392:Yonezawa
343:kokudaka
285:and the
38:, Japan
1377:Okinawa
1231:Shikoku
1179:Chūgoku
665:25 July
447:History
252:in the
1274:Kyūshū
1102:Kansai
898:Odaiba
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539:sakura
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515:daimyō
457:Shōgun
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380:daimyō
357:tozama
330:daimyō
291:Uesugi
258:Honshu
246:Jōetsu
1014:Tōkai
830:Kantō
372:Osaka
262:Japan
185:Built
667:2019
634:ISBN
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470:and
348:koku
315:Aizu
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