Tatsuoka Castle
| Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城, Tatsuoka-jō) was a Bakumatsu period pentagonal "star fort" located in what is now part of the city of Saku, Nagano prefecture. It was the primary fortress of Tatsuoka Domain, ruled by the Ogyū-Matsudaira clan. Along with the Goryōkaku in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, it is one of only two star fortresses in Japan, and has been the castle ruins have been designated as a National Historic Site since 1934.[1] | ||||||
| Type： Star fort | ||||||
| Built： 1867 | ||||||
| Builder： Matsudaira Norikata | ||||||
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