Hiroshima Castle
| Hiroshima Castle 広島城 | |
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| Hiroshima, Japan | |
Reconstructed main keep.
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| Site information | |
| Type | Azuchi-Momoyama castle |
| Controlled by | Mōri clan (1592–1600), Fukushima Masanori (1600–1619), Asano clan (1619–1869), Japan (1869–1945), Japan (1958-present) |
| Condition | Reconstructed, serves as history museum |
| Website | https://www.rijo-castle.jp/ |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°24′10″N 132°27′33″E / 34.40278°N 132.45917°E |
| Height | 12.4 meters (stone base), 26.6 meters (reconstructed keep, five stories) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1592–1599 (original) 1958 (reconstruction) |
| Built by | Mōri Terumoto |
| In use | 1592–1945 |
| Materials | stone, wood, plaster walls (original); concrete, steel, wood, stone, plaster (reconstruction) |
| Demolished | 6 August 1945 as a result of the atomic bombing. |
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Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō), is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The main keep was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before The Second World War, and other castle buildings have been reconstructed since.