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Castle In Iwate Prefecture

1.Shiwa Castle
Shiwa Castle (志波城, Shiwa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.[1]
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Type:  jōsaku-style Japanese castle  
Builder  :  AD 803; 1221 years ago (803)  
Buildyear  :  Sakanoue no Tamuramaro  
2.Morioka Castle
Morioka Castle (盛岡城, Morioka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over Morioka Domain, Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The castle is located in what is now the center of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was also referred to as Kozukata Castle (不来方城, Kozukata-jō), but strictly speaking this name pertains to the predecessor of Morioka Castle on the same site.
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Type:  hirayama-style Japanese castle  
Builder  :  1598-1633  
Buildyear  :  Nanbu clan  
3.Kunohe Castle
Kunohe Castle (九戸城, Kunohe-jō) was a Japanese castle controlled by the Nanbu clan located in what is now the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of far northern Japan. It was also referred to as Fukuoka Castle (福岡城, Fukuoka-jō)[1] or Miyano Castle (宮野城, Miyano-jō).
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Type:  hirayama-style Japanese castle  
Builder  :  Muromachi period  
Buildyear  :  unknown  
4.Isawa Castle
Isawa Castle (胆沢城, Isawa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Ōshū, Iwate in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National National Historic Site in 1922.[1]
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Type:  jōsaku-style Japanese castle  
Builder  :  802 AD  
Buildyear  :  Sakanoue no Tamuramaro  
5.Shirotoridate ruins
Shirotoridate ruins (白鳥舘遺跡, Shirotoridate iseki) was a late Heian period and Kamakura period settlement in what is now part of the city of Ōshū, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is protected by the central government as a National Historic Site.[1]
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Type:  ruined settlement  
6.Tokutan Castle
Tokutan Castle (徳丹城, Tokutan-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Yahaba in Shiwa District, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshū, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan on 5 August 1969.[1]
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Type:  jōsaku-style Japanese castle  
Builder  :  811 AD  
Buildyear  :  Sakanoue no Tamuramaro  
7.Tonomi Palisade
Tonomi Palisade (鳥海柵, Tonomi-no-saku) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Kanegasaki in Isawa District, Iwate Prefecture in far northern Honshū, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in October 2013.[1]
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Type:  jōsaku-style Japanese castle  
Buildyear  :  Abe no Yoritoki