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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wakayama_Castle&params=34_13_39.46_N_135_10_17.84_E_region:JP_scale:20000_source:jawiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°13′39.46″N</span> <span class="longitude">135°10′17.84″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.2276278°N 135.1716222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.2276278; 135.1716222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Hirayamashiro</i> (hilltop <a href="/wiki/Japanese_castle" title="Japanese castle">castle</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">Three stories</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">The <i>tenshu</i> and some connected buildings were reconstructed using concrete in 1958.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1585-1586</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hidenaga" title="Toyotomi Hidenaga">Toyotomi Hidenaga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1586 to 1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Materials</th><td class="infobox-data">Earth, stone, and wood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Demolished</th><td class="infobox-data">Most of the castle during the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>, though the <i>tenshu</i> survived until its destruction from firebombing in 1945.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><div style="display:block;border-style: solid;padding: 3px;border-color: brown;border-width: 3px;background-color: white;color: black;text-align: center;margin: 3px;float: center;"><a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_Japan" title="Monuments of Japan">National Historic Site</a></div></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><div style="display:block;border-style: solid;padding: 3px;border-color: green;border-width: 3px;background-color: white;color: black;text-align: center;margin: 3px;float: center;"><a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_Japan" title="Monuments of Japan">National Palace of Scenic Beauty</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Coalition%22Japanese_castle_Tenshu_layout_format.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/%22Coalition%22Japanese_castle_Tenshu_layout_format.svg/260px-%22Coalition%22Japanese_castle_Tenshu_layout_format.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/%22Coalition%22Japanese_castle_Tenshu_layout_format.svg/390px-%22Coalition%22Japanese_castle_Tenshu_layout_format.svg.png 1.5x, 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For most of the <a href="/wiki/Edo_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Edo Period">Edo Period</a>, it was the administrative center of <a href="/wiki/Kish%C5%AB_Domain" title="Kishū Domain">Kishū Domain</a>, which was controlled by a <a href="/wiki/Gosanke" title="Gosanke">cadet branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_clan" title="Tokugawa clan">Tokugawa clan</a>. Due to its size and status, Wakayama Castle was ranked as one of the most important castles under the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a>. </p><p>Although the castle was designated a <a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_Japan" title="Monuments of Japan">National Historic Site</a> in 1931,<sup id="cite_ref-Bunka1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bunka1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the original <i><a href="/wiki/Tenshu" title="Tenshu">Tenshu</a></i> and buildings were all destroyed by US bombing campaigns during the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. The current structures were rebuilt in concrete in 1958. The Nishi-no-Maru Garden was designated a <a href="/wiki/Monuments_of_Japan" title="Monuments of Japan">National Place of Scenic Beauty</a> in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Bunka2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bunka2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Castle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg/220px-Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg/330px-Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg/440px-Kish%C5%AB_Palace_Osaka_Castle_Taish%C5%8D_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2300" data-file-height="1741" /></a><figcaption>The Kishū Palace, later known as <i><a href="/wiki/Tenrinkaku" title="Tenrinkaku">Tenrinkaku</a></i>, was formerly from the Wakayama Castle's Ninomaru (photo Taishō 3, 1914)</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kii_Province" title="Kii Province">Kii Province</a> was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Hatakeyama_clan" title="Hatakeyama clan">Hatakeyama clan</a>, which also controlled neighboring <a href="/wiki/Kawachi_Province" title="Kawachi Province">Kawachi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Izumi_Province" title="Izumi Province">Izumi</a> provinces; however, the political situation in Kii Province was complex, with large portions of the province under the effective control of <a href="/wiki/Negoro-sh%C5%AB" title="Negoro-shū">armed monks</a> under the control of <a href="/wiki/Negoro-ji" title="Negoro-ji">Negoro-ji</a> or followers of the <a href="/wiki/Saiga_Ikki" class="mw-redirect" title="Saiga Ikki">Saiga Ikki</a>, local followers of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ikk%C5%8D-ikki" title="Ikkō-ikki">Ikkō-ikki</a></i> movement, who sought to overthrow the feudal system and establish a theocratic republic. The <a href="/wiki/Saiga_Ikki" class="mw-redirect" title="Saiga Ikki">Saiga Ikki</a> constructed Ōta Castle on a site near what later became Wakayama Castle as their headquarters. <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a>, allied with the Negoro-shū invaded Kii Province in 1577 and attacked the Saiga Ikki, who had allied with his arch-enemy, <a href="/wiki/Ishiyama_Hongan-ji" title="Ishiyama Hongan-ji">Ishiyama Hongan-ji</a> temple. Due to their strength with <a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">matchlock</a> guns and guerrilla tactics, Nobunaga was unable to defeat the Saiga Ikki; however, the campaign was resumed by his successor, <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a>. In 1584, Hideyoshi constructed <a href="/wiki/Kishiwada_Castle" title="Kishiwada Castle">Kishiwada Castle</a> to defend Osaka, and the following year invaded Kii Province with a large army, annihilated Negoro-ji and laid siege to Ōta Castle. He ordered the building of dams on three sides of the castle, focusing the rainwaters and diverting the river to ruin the castle. As hunger set in, the samurai, monks, and peasants inside Ōta surrendered, and after a month fifty <a href="/wiki/Sohei" class="mw-redirect" title="Sohei">warrior monks</a> led a final suicidal charge against Hideyoshi's army, after which the castle surrendered. </p><p>Hideyoshi awarded the province to his younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hidenaga" title="Toyotomi Hidenaga">Toyotomi Hidenaga</a>, who was already ruler of <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Province" title="Yamato Province">Yamato Province</a>. Hidenaga close to keep Wakayama as the seat of his power in Kii Province, as its location was convenient for trade and strategically close to the former strongholds of Negoro-ji and the Saiga Ikki, who still had many sympathizers in the area. With the assistance of <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dd%C5%8D_Takatora" title="Tōdō Takatora">Tōdō Takatora</a>, who was noted for castle architecture, he began rebuilding a small fortification on Torafusayama hill which had been a relic of Hatakeyama rule, with low stone walls aligned with the natural terrain, and the central bailey located next to the current central bailey area. Hidenaga appointed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwayama_Shigeharu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuwayama Shigeharu (page does not exist)">Kuwayama Shigeharu</a> as castellan, and remained at <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Driyama_Castle" title="Kōriyama Castle">Kōriyama Castle</a> in Yamato. Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara" title="Battle of Sekigahara">Battle of Sekigahara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a> reassigned the province in 1600 to <a href="/wiki/Asano_Yoshinaga" title="Asano Yoshinaga">Asano Yoshinaga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shiseki_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiseki-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asano greatly expanded Wakayama Castle, constructing a three-story <i><a href="/wiki/Tenshu" title="Tenshu">tenshu</a></i> connected to three corner <a href="/wiki/Yagura_(tower)" title="Yagura (tower)"><i>yagura</i></a> by corridors. This <i>tenshu</i> had the same shape as the current <i>tenshu</i>, but was black instead of white. The overall dimensions of the castle were expanded to the northeast and the <i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">daimyō</a></i> residence was relocated to this new enclosure, which was further protected by a double series of moats, utilizing the nearby Kinokawa River. In 1615 the castle was attacked by forces loyal to <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyori" title="Toyotomi Hideyori">Toyotomi Hideyori</a>, who were trying to end the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Osaka" title="Siege of Osaka">siege of Osaka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ono_Harunaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ono Harunaga">Ono Harunaga</a>, Hanawa Naoyuki and Okabe Noritsuna led 3000 men from Osaka against the castle which was held by <a href="/wiki/Asano_Nagaakira" title="Asano Nagaakira">Asano Nagaakira</a> with 5000 men, In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kashii" title="Battle of Kashii">Battle of Kashii</a> Hanawa and Okabe were killed, and Ono was forced to flee back to Osaka. After the final defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_clan" title="Toyotomi clan">Toyotomi clan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Asano_clan" title="Asano clan">Asano clan</a> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Domain" title="Hiroshima Domain">Hiroshima Domain</a>, which had been confiscated from <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Masanori" title="Fukushima Masanori">Fukushima Masanori</a> in 1619. </p><p>The Asano were replaced as <i>daimyō</i> of Kishū Domain by <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Yorinobu" title="Tokugawa Yorinobu">Tokugawa Yorinobu</a>, the tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Kish%C5%AB_Tokugawa_family" title="Kishū Tokugawa family">Kii Tokugawa clan</a>, who were given a special status as one of the cadet branches of the clan authorized to provide a successor to the office of <a href="/wiki/Shogun" title="Shogun">Shogun</a> should the main line fail to produce an heir. Due to its strategic location, Kishū Domain was also expected to watch over the <a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai region</a> and areas further west for rebellion, and to hold the area until reinforcements could arrive from <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a>. Tokugawa Yorinobu was a noted military commander who had distinguished himself at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Osaka" title="Siege of Osaka">Siege of Osaka</a>. He rescued many <i><a href="/wiki/Ronin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronin">ronin</a></i> in the aftermath of the battle by hiring them for the domain and further expanded Wakayama Castle with a new northwest enclosure, and greatly strengthening its walls. He also had plans to expand the castle to the south; however, was forced to curtail these plans as rumors began to circulate that he was planning a rebellion. The issue was caused by the 1651 <a href="/wiki/Keian_Uprising" title="Keian Uprising">Keian Uprising</a> in which the military strategist <a href="/wiki/Yui_Sh%C5%8Dsetsu" title="Yui Shōsetsu">Yui Shōsetsu</a> attempted to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and used Yorinobu's name without permission. Although cleared of suspicion of complicity, Yorinobu cancelled plans for further expansion of the castle. </p><p>Kishū Domain eventually did provide two shogun.<a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshimune" title="Tokugawa Yoshimune">Tokugawa Yoshimune</a> (1684-1751) significantly reformed the domain's financial situation, and applied many of these reforms as eighth shogun from 1716. <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Iemochi" title="Tokugawa Iemochi">Tokugawa Iemochi</a> (1846-1866) became shogun during the tumultuous <a href="/wiki/Bakumatsu_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakumatsu period">Bakumatsu period</a>, but ultimately failed to prevent the collapse of Tokugawa rule. </p><p>In 1791 the US captains <a href="/wiki/John_Kendrick_(American_sea_captain)" title="John Kendrick (American sea captain)">John Kendrick</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Washington" title="Lady Washington">Lady Washington</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/William_Douglas_(sea_captain)" title="William Douglas (sea captain)">William Douglas</a> of the <i>Grace</i> visited <a href="/wiki/Kushimoto,_Wakayama" title="Kushimoto, Wakayama">Kushimoto</a>, hoping to open a trading relationship with Japan. News was sent to Wakayama Castle, which sent troops. However, Kendrick and Douglas departed two days before the troops arrived. The result of this first visit of Americans to Japan was largely symbolic for the United States. For Japan it resulted in a new system of alarms and coastal patrols, increasing Japan's isolation under <i><a href="/wiki/Sakoku" title="Sakoku">sakoku</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JohnsonBest1995_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnsonBest1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-White2009_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White2009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1846, most of the castle was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning, but due to its special status, reconstruction of buildings including the <i>tenshu</i> was exceptionally permitted, and completed in 1850.<sup id="cite_ref-Shiseki_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiseki-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, only a couple of decades later, following the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji restoration">Meiji restoration</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji government">Meiji government</a> ordered the destruction of castles around the country. Many of the buildings of Wakayama Castle were pulled down and the <i>daimyō</i> palace was dismantled and moved to the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Castle" title="Osaka Castle">Osaka Castle</a>, where it became known as <a href="/wiki/Kish%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kishū">Kishū</a> Palace and later <a href="/wiki/Tenrinkaku" title="Tenrinkaku">Tenrinkaku</a>. </p><p>In 1901, the Honmaru and Ninomaru areas were opened to the public as Wakayama Park, and in 1931 it was designated as a National Historic Site.<sup id="cite_ref-Shiseki_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiseki-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle tower and all of the other Honmaru buildings were destroyed by the bombing of Wakayama by the US military during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. and the current <i>tenshu</i> was rebuilt in 1958 out of concrete and is open to the public as a symbol of the city and museum.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two original gates remain, one of which, the Okaguchi Gate, was designed a National <a href="/wiki/Important_Cultural_Property_(Japan)" title="Important Cultural Property (Japan)">Important Cultural Property</a> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-Bunka3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bunka3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Castle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Route_42,_Wakayama,_Wakayama,the_route_of_end_point.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Wakayama Castle from the castle town"><img alt="Wakayama Castle from the castle town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG/120px-Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG/180px-Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG/240px-Route_42%2C_Wakayama%2C_Wakayama%2Cthe_route_of_end_point.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2204" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wakayama Castle from the castle town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View from keep"><img alt="View from keep" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg/120px-Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg/180px-Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg/240px-Wakayama_Castle19nt3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4410" data-file-height="2940" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View from keep</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="O-hashi-rōka bridge and tenshu"><img alt="O-hashi-rōka bridge and tenshu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg/80px-Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg/120px-Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg/160px-Wakayama_Castle21nt3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2900" data-file-height="4350" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">O-hashi-rōka bridge and <i>tenshu</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Foundations of the Matsunomaru yagura"><img alt="Foundations of the Matsunomaru yagura" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg/120px-Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg/180px-Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg/240px-Wakayama_castle-Matsunomaru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Foundations of the Matsunomaru <i>yagura</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Okaguchi Gate (ICP)"><img alt="Okaguchi Gate (ICP)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg/120px-Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg/180px-Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg/240px-Wakayama_Castle32n4592.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Okaguchi Gate (ICP)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nishi-no-Maru Gardens"><img alt="Nishi-no-Maru Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg/120px-Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg/180px-Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg/240px-Wakayama_Castle_Nishinomaru_Garden04bs3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2130" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nishi-no-Maru Gardens </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Castle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Wakayama)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Wakayama)">List of Historic Sites of Japan (Wakayama)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Wakayama)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Wakayama)">List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Wakayama)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Castle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBenesch2019" class="citation book cs1">Benesch, Oleg and Ran Zwigenberg (2019). <i>Japan's Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 374. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781108481946" title="Special:BookSources/9781108481946"><bdi>9781108481946</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan%27s+Castles%3A+Citadels+of+Modernity+in+War+and+Peace&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=374&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9781108481946&rft.aulast=Benesch&rft.aufirst=Oleg+and+Ran+Zwigenberg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_Lange2021" class="citation book cs1">De Lange, William (2021). <i>An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 20,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%8C%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E8%A5%BF%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%B8%E5%BA%AD%E5%9C%92&rft.pub=Agency+for+Cultural+Affairs&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkunishitei.bunka.go.jp%2Fheritage%2Fdetail%2F401%2F2097&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shiseki-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shiseki_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shiseki_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shiseki_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsomuraSakai2012" class="citation book cs1">Isomura, Yukio; Sakai, Hideya (2012). <i>(国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia</i>. 学生社. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4311750403" title="Special:BookSources/978-4311750403"><bdi>978-4311750403</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%28%E5%9B%BD%E6%8C%87%E5%AE%9A%E5%8F%B2%E8%B7%A1%E4%BA%8B%E5%85%B8%29+National+Historic+Site+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E7%A4%BE&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-4311750403&rft.aulast=Isomura&rft.aufirst=Yukio&rft.au=Sakai%2C+Hideya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span><span class="languageicon">(in Japanese)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRidley2010" class="citation book cs1">Ridley, Scott (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s-IKDw_xNO4C&pg=PA225"><i>Morning of Fire: John Kendrick's Daring American Odyssey in the Pacific</i></a>. Harper Collins. p. 225. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-202019-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-202019-2"><bdi>978-0-06-202019-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Morning+of+Fire%3A+John+Kendrick%27s+Daring+American+Odyssey+in+the+Pacific&rft.pages=225&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-06-202019-2&rft.aulast=Ridley&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Ds-IKDw_xNO4C%26pg%3DPA225&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JohnsonBest1995-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JohnsonBest1995_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnsonBest1995" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Donald Dalton; Best, Gary Dean (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ia_BsTz4PU4C&pg=PA23"><i>The United States in the Pacific: Private Interests and Public Policies, 1784-1899</i></a>. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 23. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-275-95055-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-275-95055-2"><bdi>978-0-275-95055-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+United+States+in+the+Pacific%3A+Private+Interests+and+Public+Policies%2C+1784-1899&rft.pages=23&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-275-95055-2&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Donald+Dalton&rft.au=Best%2C+Gary+Dean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIa_BsTz4PU4C%26pg%3DPA23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-White2009-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-White2009_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite2009" class="citation book cs1">White, Michael (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz1L3nnNmMcC&pg=PA111"><i>A short course in international marketing blunders [electronic resource]: mistakes made by companies that should have known better</i></a>. World Trade Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">111–</span>112. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60780-008-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60780-008-8"><bdi>978-1-60780-008-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+short+course+in+international+marketing+blunders+%5Belectronic+resource%5D%3A+mistakes+made+by+companies+that+should+have+known+better&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E111-%3C%2Fspan%3E112&rft.pub=World+Trade+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-60780-008-8&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dzz1L3nnNmMcC%26pg%3DPA111&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/14-Wakayama-Castle">Wakayama Castle Profile</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100201065920/http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/14-Wakayama-Castle">Archived</a> 2010-02-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved August 25, 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bunka3-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bunka3_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/2823">"和歌山城岡口門"</a> [Wakayama-jō Okaguchi-mon] (in Japanese). <a href="/wiki/Agency_for_Cultural_Affairs" title="Agency for Cultural Affairs">Agency for Cultural Affairs</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 20,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%8C%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E%E5%B2%A1%E5%8F%A3%E9%96%80&rft.pub=Agency+for+Cultural+Affairs&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkunishitei.bunka.go.jp%2Fheritage%2Fdetail%2F102%2F2823&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWakayama+Castle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wakayama_Castle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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title="Sakura Castle">Sakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edo_Castle" title="Edo Castle">Edo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji_Castle" title="Hachiōji Castle">Hachiōji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odawara_Castle" title="Odawara Castle">Odawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutsujigasaki_Castle" title="Tsutsujigasaki Castle">Tsutsujigasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dfu_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōfu Castle">Kōfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsushiro_Castle" title="Matsushiro Castle">Matsushiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ueda_Castle" title="Ueda Castle">Ueda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komoro_Castle" title="Komoro Castle">Komoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoto_Castle" title="Matsumoto Castle">Matsumoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takat%C5%8D_Castle" title="Takatō Castle">Takatō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibata_Castle" title="Shibata Castle">Shibata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasugayama_Castle" title="Kasugayama Castle">Kasugayama</a></li></ul> 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Castle">Yamanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunpu_Castle" title="Sunpu Castle">Sunpu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakegawa_Castle" title="Kakegawa Castle">Kakegawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inuyama_Castle" title="Inuyama Castle">Inuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Castle" title="Nagoya Castle">Nagoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okazaki_Castle" title="Okazaki Castle">Okazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagashino_Castle" title="Nagashino Castle">Nagashino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iga_Ueno_Castle" title="Iga Ueno Castle">Iga Ueno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsusaka_Castle" title="Matsusaka Castle">Matsusaka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.0em;text-align:center; line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.5em;;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #dda9e6;"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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