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985:Nihonmatsu
768:2017-08-15
744:2007-09-23
687:References
627:roof tiles
544:Boshin War
505:Edo period
501:Nisshinkan
497:han school
330:Background
161:37°29′16″N
1585:Date clan
1580:Gamō clan
1493:Kagoshima
1473:Hitoyoshi
1463:Shimabara
1395:Matsuyama
1380:Takamatsu
1375:Tokushima
1347:Hiroshima
1196:Matsusaka
1186:Nagashino
1088:Matsumoto
1033:Hachigata
918:Goryōkaku
898:by region
763:Planetyze
661:Byakkotai
569:velodrome
564:Byakkotai
469:jōkamachi
430:in 1593.
209:Condition
195:(hilltop
1468:Kumamoto
1385:Marugame
1337:Fukuyama
1279:Wakayama
1274:Takatori
1254:Sasayama
1229:Kannonji
1191:Iga Ueno
1166:Kakegawa
1156:Yamanaka
1131:Kanazawa
1053:Hachiōji
1028:Kanayama
1018:Banna-ji
980:Yamagata
950:Hirosaki
923:Matsumae
905:Hokkaidō
645:See also
509:Tokugawa
344:Murakami
340:Yonezawa
336:Kōriyama
1520:Okinawa
1498:Nakijin
1433:Fukuoka
1410:Uwajima
1390:Imabari
1367:Shikoku
1352:Iwakuni
1332:Okayama
1317:Tsuyama
1312:Tsuwano
1297:Tottori
1289:Chūgoku
1244:Chihaya
1181:Okazaki
1171:Inuyama
1146:Iwamura
1136:Maruoka
1121:Takaoka
1098:Shibata
1058:Odawara
1038:Kawagoe
960:Morioka
542:in the
434:History
346:on the
310:) is a
306:(会津若松城
1458:Hirado
1443:Nagoya
1425:Kyūshū
1400:Yuzuki
1302:Matsue
1264:Himeji
1259:Akashi
1249:Takeda
1224:Azuchi
1219:Hikone
1206:Kansai
1176:Nagoya
1093:Takatō
1083:Komoro
1043:Sakura
1023:Minowa
995:Komine
975:Kubota
965:Sendai
942:Tōhoku
831:
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793:
635:tenshu
633:. The
623:tenshu
619:tenshu
608:Layout
582:yagura
577:tenshu
553:yagura
499:, the
482:Shōgun
474:tenshu
427:tenshu
406:Sendai
269:tenshu
214:tenshu
197:castle
77:tenshu
1508:Shuri
1478:Funai
1415:Kōchi
1239:Osaka
1214:Odani
1161:Sunpu
1126:Nanao
1113:Chūbu
1005:Kantō
716:"若松城"
322:, in
316:Japan
226:Built
61:Japan
1453:Saga
1357:Hagi
1234:Nijō
1151:Gifu
1078:Ueda
1068:Kōfu
1013:Mito
970:Taga
829:ISBN
810:ISBN
791:ISBN
229:1384
212:The
189:Type
1488:Obi
1483:Oka
1438:Ōno
1405:Ōzu
1269:Akō
1048:Edo
420:or
366:黒川城
291:鶴ヶ城
42:鶴ヶ城
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