Sunpu

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Sunpu is the former name of the Japanese castle town that developed into modern Shizuoka City, historically known as a key stronghold of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Sunpu canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf castle town
historical place
associatedWithPerson Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
castleName Sunpu Castle
category Castle towns in Japan
Former cities in Japan
History of Shizuoka Prefecture
country Japan
developedInto Shizuoka City
linked to: Shizuoka
governedBy Tokugawa clan
Tokugawa shogunate
hasCastleType flatland castle
hasPart Sunpu Castle
historicalEra Azuchi–Momoyama period
Edo period
historicalFunction administrative center of Sunpu Domain
castle town for Sunpu Castle
knownFor Tokugawa shogunate stronghold
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Suruga Province NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Shizuoka City
linked to: Shizuoka

Shizuoka Prefecture
modernSiteUsage Sunpu Castle Park
modernSuccessor Shizuoka City
linked to: Shizuoka
nearRiver Abe River
Tomoe River
politicalRole Tokugawa administrative center
linked to: Edo
region Chūbu region
Tōkai region
roleForTokugawaIeyasu retirement residence
secondary base of power
romanizationSystem Hepburn
strategicImportance control of Tōkaidō route
gateway between Edo and Kyoto
transportRoute Tōkaidō

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Shizuoka City historicalName Sunpu
subject linked to: Shizuoka City, Japan