Yodo Castle

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Yodo Castle was a Japanese feudal castle in Kyoto that served as an important strategic and political stronghold during the late Sengoku and early Edo periods.

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Yodo Castle canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese castle
hilltop castle
builtInPeriod Azuchi–Momoyama period
Sengoku period
constructedBy Toyotomi Hideyoshi
constructionStart 1589
country Japan
currentCondition ruins
demolishedBy Meiji government
linked to: Meiji oligarchy
demolishedIn 1873
destroyedIn 1868
governingShogunate Tokugawa shogunate
hadFeature baileys
gates
moats
tenshu
turrets
hasRemainingStructure earthen walls
foundations
moats
stone walls
hasSiteUse Yodo Park
infrastructure
residential area
historicalEra Edo period
early Edo period
late Sengoku period
involvedInConflict Boshin War
involvedInEvent Siege of Yodo Castle (1868)
laterRulerClan Inaba clan
Ishikawa clan
Matsudaira clan
Nagai clan
Okudaira-Matsudaira clan
linked to: Okudaira clan

Toda clan
locatedIn Fushimi Ward
Honshu
Japan
Kinai region
linked to: Kansai region

Kyoto
Kyoto Prefecture
Yodo
locatedNear Katsura River
Uji River
locatedOn Yodo River
material earthworks
stone
wood
nearbyModernFacility Kyoto Racecourse
nearbyStation Yodo Station NERFINISHED
originalBuilderClan Toyotomi clan
politicalRole key point on the route between Osaka and Kyoto
strategic stronghold controlling approaches to Kyoto
rebuiltInPeriod early Edo period
region Kansai
linked to: Kansai region
servedAs daimyō residence
domainal government center
strategicRole control of river traffic on the Yodo River
defense of southern approaches to Kyoto
wasCapitalOf Yodo Domain

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Fushimi Castle materialsReusedIn Yodo Castle
Yodogimi residence Yodo Castle