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Which castle in Ako, Hyogo, is known as the setting of the famous 'Chushingura' story?

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Approximately how tall was Azuchi Castle's keep?

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In what year did Azuchi Castle burn down?

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Which of Japan's 12 surviving original keeps stands at the highest elevation?

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Goryokaku's name refers to the number of star-shaped points (bastions) it has. How many?

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Which castle in Shizuoka, nicknamed 'Castle of Success,' did Tokugawa Ieyasu live in for 17 …

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What national designation has the Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins received?

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Which castle in Iga, Mie, did Todo Takatora famously renovate, giving it its well-known high …

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What distinctive feature does Imabari Castle's moat have, as a seaside castle?

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Karasawayama Castle is counted among a group of notable Kanto-area castles known by what name?

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In what year of the Showa era was Kasugayama Castle Ruins designated a national historic …

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Which warlord, also known for building Edo Castle, is said to have built Kawagoe Castle …

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Which turret at Kumamoto Castle became known as the 'Miracle One-Pillar Stone Wall' after the …

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Which castle in Kagawa, one of Japan's 12 surviving original keeps, boasts the tallest stacked …

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Which castle in Sakai, Fukui, was built in 1576 by Shibata Katsutoyo, nephew of Oda …

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What is another name for Maruoka Castle?

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Which warlord, regarded as the founder of Matsue, built Matsue Castle over five years?

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Which is the only Japanese-style castle in Hokkaido, built by the Matsumae domain in the …

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Morioka Castle Ruins was the seat of which clan?

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In which village in Okinawa is Nakagusuku Castle Ruins located?

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Which castle ruins in Hachinohe, Aomori, served as a stronghold of the Nanbu clan?

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In which city in Miyazaki is Obi Castle located?

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In which city in Oita is Oka Castle Ruins located?

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Which castle came to be called the "Floating Castle of Oshi" after withstanding a flood …

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Which castle served as the seat of the Satake clan, lords of the Akita domain?

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Which castle, seat of the Matsuyama domain, is considered one of Japan's three great hilltop …

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Which castle in Aizuwakamatsu is associated with the tragic story of the Byakkotai?

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In which Hokkaido city is the star-shaped Western-style fort Goryokaku located?

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Which castle is one of the few in Japan where both the keep and the …

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Which castle, built by Kato Kiyomasa, is ranked among Japan's three great castles?

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Which clan, who built Ueda Castle, later gave the Tokugawa forces trouble at the Siege …

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Which castle was the base of the Sengoku-era warlord Uesugi Kenshin, known as the 'Dragon …

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Which castle in Okayama is nicknamed 'Crow Castle' for its black exterior?

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Which castle (gusuku) in Naha, Okinawa, was once the royal castle of the Ryukyu Kingdom?

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Which city in Saitama, nicknamed 'Little Edo', is known for its warehouse-style townscape?

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Which National Treasure castle inspired the mascot character 'Hikonyan'?

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Which castle was the seat of the Kishu Tokugawa family, one of the three principal …

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Who built Edo Castle in 1457?

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What castle did Hideyoshi build during the siege of Odawara, revealed all at once by …

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Which Harima warlord offered Himeji Castle to Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a base for the Mori …

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Which Sengoku daimyo built Sendai Castle in 1601, overlooking the Hirose River?

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Nagoya Castle was built by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu as the residence of whom?

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What symbol of the Owari-Tokugawa family's authority sits atop Nagoya Castle's main tower?

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In what year did the "impregnable" Odawara Castle fall after being besieged by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's …

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Who began building Osaka Castle in 1583, on the former site of Ishiyama Hongan-ji?

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Who built Ueda Castle in 1583, using the Amagafuchi cliffs along the Chikuma River as …

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Who became lord of Himeji Castle after Sekigahara and built its current five-story tower over …

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Who built Hiroshima Castle on the delta at the mouth of the Ota River?

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Who entered Kanazawa Castle in 1583, founding the domain known as "Kaga million-koku"?

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What is the villa that Ashikaga Yoshimasa built in Higashiyama, Kyoto, later known as?

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Which third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate unified the Northern and Southern Courts and built …

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Which father-and-son pair of the Nabeshima clan built Saga Castle in 1602?

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Saga Castle was built by remodeling which earlier castle?

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In which city in Chiba is Sakura Castle located?

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What is another name for Sendai Castle?

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Which lord began building Shimabara Castle starting in 1618?

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In which period was Shiroishi Castle built?

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What was Takasaki Castle formerly called?

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What is Tottori Castle's starvation siege commonly called, due to its extreme severity?

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Which 18th head of the Shimazu clan began building Tsurumaru Castle (Kagoshima Castle) around 1601?

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Who is credited with restoring Ashikaga Gakko in the mid-Muromachi period and drawing many students …

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Which powerful pro-Buddhist clan leader commissioned Asukadera, Japan's first full-scale Buddhist temple, in 596?

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Which strategist is said to have proposed the 1582 water siege of Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle to …

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Who founded Enryakuji in 788, becoming the founder of the Tendai sect in Japan?

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Which Sengoku-era warlord burned down Enryakuji in 1571?

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What phrase was engraved on the seal Oda Nobunaga used after taking Gifu Castle?

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Ieyasu is said to have made Hamamatsu Castle his base from what age to what …

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Honmyoji Temple was founded by Kato Kiyomasa to pray for whose soul?

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Which warlord, renowned as a master castle designer, built Imabari Castle in 1604?

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Which Mori clan retainer was relocated to Iwakuni after the Battle of Sekigahara?

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Which Sengoku-era lord of Karasawayama Castle withstood Uesugi Kenshin's ten sieges?

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Which deity, also regarded as a god of martial arts, is enshrined at Kashima Jingu?

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Kasuga Taisha enshrines the tutelary deities of which clan?

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What is the name of the sacred site on Mount Koya where Kukai (Kobo Daishi) …

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Kukai entered eternal meditation on Mount Koya in 835. How old was he?

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Which warlord began construction of Marugame Castle in 1597?

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Who was the first lord of the Morioka domain, who began construction of Morioka Castle …

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Who moved from Zakimi Castle to Nakagusuku Castle in 1440 and expanded its walls?

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Which Nanbu clan warrior is said to have built Nejo Castle in 1334?

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Which clan held Obi Castle for about 280 years, from 1588 until the Meiji era?

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Who became the first lord of the Oka domain in 1594 on Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders …

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Which warlord on the Toyotomi side carried out the flood siege of Oshi Castle in …

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Who was the first lord of the Akita domain, transferred there from Hitachi?

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Which clan ruled Echizen Province (present-day Fukui) in the Sengoku period, based at Ichijodani?

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Which Heian-period scholar and statesman, revered as the god of learning, is enshrined at Dazaifu …

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Which unit of teenage Aizu domain soldiers famously took their own lives, mistakenly believing Tsuruga …

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Which warlord captured Inabayama Castle, renamed it 'Gifu', and used it as his base for …

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Who led the former shogunate forces that made a last stand at Goryokaku against the …

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Who was the lord of Himeji Castle and strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi who laid the …

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Who was the 9th lord of the Mito domain who created Kairakuen?

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Which clan flourished at Hiraizumi in the late Heian period?

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Which figure from the Satsuma domain, a central figure of the Meiji Restoration, took his …

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Which reformer from Tosa Province (Kochi) helped broker the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance in the bakumatsu period?

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Which Sengoku-era warlord, known as a master castle-builder, built Kumamoto Castle?

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Which deity is enshrined at the Naiku (Inner Shrine) of Ise Jingu?

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Which Sengoku-era warlord, nicknamed the 'One-Eyed Dragon', built Sendai Castle?

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Which emperor commissioned the construction of Todaiji's Great Buddha?

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Who was the Sengoku-era warlord based at Kasugayama Castle, known as the 'Dragon of Echigo'?

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Which clan, lords of the Hikone domain, also produced several Great Elders (Tairo) of the …

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Which deity, associated with the creation of the land, is enshrined at Izumo Taisha?

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Who was the first shogun of the Edo shogunate, who spent his final years at …

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Who is enshrined at Nikko Toshogu, the founder of the Edo shogunate?

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Who was the haiku poet who wrote 'Stillness - the cicada's cry seeps into the …

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Which thinker ran the Shoka Sonjuku school in Hagi, training many bakumatsu-era reformers?

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Who was the Sengoku-era warlord, nicknamed the 'Tiger of Kai', who ruled Kai Province (present-day …

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Which deity, angered by her brother Susanoo's violence, hid in a cave and plunged the …

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Who repelled the "Toi" raiders that struck Tsushima and Iki in 1019, commanding local warriors …

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Who founded the Osaka Chamber of Commerce in 1878 and served as its first president?

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Who overthrew the Kamakura shogunate and began the imperial "Kenmu Restoration"?

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Which castle, built in 1583, did Toyotomi Hideyoshi use as his base for unifying Japan?

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Who led the Kamakura shogunate's defense during the two Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281?

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When Tokugawa Ieyasu was ordered to move to the Kanto region in 1590, which town …

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Who led the Shinsengumi, a ronin police force formed in 1863 to maintain order in …

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Who is said to have rallied the shogunate's wavering vassals with a speech during the …

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Why was Date Masamune nicknamed "the One-Eyed Dragon"?

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Who built the peak of Sekkan (regency) politics by marrying his daughters to successive emperors?

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Whom did Mori Motonari defeat at the 1555 Battle of Itsukushima?

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Which Great Elder, who signed the 1858 US-Japan treaty without imperial sanction, was assassinated at …

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In which battle did Oda Nobunaga defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto, sparking his rapid rise?

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Which deity is said to have ceded his land of Izumo to a messenger from …

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Who from the Tosa domain helped broker the 1866 alliance between the rival Satsuma and …

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Who was rallied by discontented Satsuma samurai in 1877 to lead what is considered Japan's …

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Which emperor presided over the eye-opening ceremony of the Great Buddha of Todai-ji in 752?

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Who established the Seventeen-Article Constitution, including the famous line "value harmony," in 604?

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Who was appointed seii taishogun in 1338 and founded the Muromachi shogunate in Kyoto?

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What eight-headed serpent did Susanoo slay in Izumo by getting it drunk?

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Who, as the third regent of the Kamakura shogunate, enacted the Goseibai Shikimoku law code …

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In which early battle of his 1180 uprising was Minamoto no Yoritomo decisively defeated?

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What position was Minamoto no Yoritomo appointed to by the imperial court in 1192?

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What 11-year conflict began in 1467, sparked by a dispute over the shogunal succession?

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Which third shogun established relations with Ming China and began trade using tally certificates?

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Who was the last Tokugawa shogun, who announced the return of power to the emperor …

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At which temple near Kasugayama Castle is Uesugi Kenshin said to have studied as a …

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At what age did Uesugi Kenshin pass away?

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Which temple is Temple No.1 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage?

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Which senior Tokugawa Ieyasu retainer became lord of Sakura Castle in 1610 and greatly expanded …

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Which 19th head of the Shimazu clan built Sengan-en as a villa at Iso in …

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Which senior Date clan retainer became lord of Shiroishi Castle in 1602?

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Who is enshrined at Shoin Jinja, having trained many bakumatsu-era reformers at the Shoka Sonjuku …

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Which first lord of Higo-Hosokawa built the teahouse in 1632 that became the origin of …

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Which warlord, counted among the "Four Guardians of the Tokugawa," built Takasaki Castle in 1597?

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In what year was Takeda Shrine, built on the site of the Takeda clan's Tsutsujigasaki …

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Tanjoji Temple is built on the birthplace of whom, the founder of the Nichiren school …

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Which warlord on the Oda side besieged Tottori Castle with a starvation siege in 1581?

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Which mountain castle in Kofu is traditionally said to be the birthplace of Takeda Shingen?

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Who built Yogaiyama Castle in 1520?

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Who is enshrined at Uesugi Shrine on the site of Yonezawa Castle, famed as the …

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Which place did Sakamoto Ryoma first pass through after defecting from the Tosa domain in …

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Which fellow Tosa-domain reformer accompanied Sakamoto Ryoma on his defection?

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Which Sengoku-era warlord spent five years from 1609 rebuilding Zuiganji Temple in Matsushima?

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At Amano Iwato Shrine, which hall faces West Hongu across the Iwato River, also enshrining …

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In which city in Tochigi is the historic site "Ashikaga Gakko," known as "Japan's oldest …

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What is the name of Asukadera's principal image, known as Japan's oldest surviving Buddhist statue?

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In which city in Okayama is Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle located?

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In which city in Saitama is Chichibu Shrine located?

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In which city in Iwate is Geibikei Gorge located?

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Which river carved the cliffs of Geibikei Gorge?

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In which ward of Kumamoto City is Honmyoji located?

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Iga City in Mie, home to Iga-Ueno Castle, is known as the birthplace of which …

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In which city in Fukushima is Mount Iimori located?

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In what year was Iwami Ginzan registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

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Which scenic spot in Kochi is known for its bronze statue of Sakamoto Ryoma?

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Ouchijuku once prospered as a post town on which old road?

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