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Castle In Ehime Prefecture

1.Matsuyama Castle (Iyo)
Matsuyama Castle (松山城, Matsuyama-jō) is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its original tenshu. The castle has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1952.[1] It is also called Iyo-Matsuyama Castle to disambiguate it from Bitchū Matsuyama Castle in Okayama. Tsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle were also built in a similar style around the same time period.
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Type:  Japanese castle  
Builder  :  1603  
Buildyear  :  Kato Yoshiaki  
2.Yuzuki Castle
Yuzuki Castle (湯築城, Yuzuki-jō) was a former Japanese castle located in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. During the Muromachi period, it was the stronghold of the Kōno clan, who ruled Iyo Province under the Muromachi shogunate. The ruins of the castle were area designated a National Historic Site.[1][2][3]
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Type:  Teikakushiki hirayama-style Japanese castle)  
Builder  :  c.1335  
Buildyear  :  Konō clan  
3.Imabari Castle
Imabari Castle (今治城, Imabari-jō) is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan. It was the center of Imabari Domain under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate and was ruled by a branch of the HisamatsuーMatsudaira clan through most of its history. This castle is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Castles on the sea", in Japan, along with Takamatsu Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Nakatsu Castle in Ōita Prefecture.[1]
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Type:  Japanese castle  
Builder  :  1602-1606  
Buildyear  :  Tōdō Takatora  
4.Noshima
Noshima (能島) is a small, uninhabited island within the Geiyo Islands of the Japanese Inland Sea. Administratively, it forms part of the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. In the late mediaeval period, the island was occupied by Noshima Castle and, together with the surrounding area, was the base of the Noshima Murakami, one of the three main houses of the Murakami kaizoku.[3][4] In his Historia de Iapam, Luís Fróis described Noximadono (i.e., the lord of Noshima) as o mayor corsario de todo Japaõ, "the greatest corsair in all Japan".[1][5][6] The island castle, together with tiny Taizakijima immediately to the south,[2] has been designated a National Historic Site,[7] and is an element of Japan Heritage "Story" #036,[8] while Noshima is also afforded protection as a Class I Special Zone within Setonaikai National Park.[9] There is no scheduled service to the island, which may be approached by a vessel chartered from Miyakubo Port (宮窪港) on nearby Ōshima.[1]
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5.Uwajima Castle
Uwajima Castle (宇和島城, Uwajima-jō) is a hirayama-jiro Japanese castle located in the city of Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its historical tenshu.[1] Its has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1937.[2]
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Type:  Hirayama-style Japanese castle)  
Builder  :  1596–1601  
Buildyear  :  Tōdō Takatora  
6.Einōsan Castle
Einōsan Castle (永納山城, Einōsan-jō) was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) located in the city of Saijō, Ehime, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005 with the area under protection expanded in 2007.[1]
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Type:  Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro)  
Builder  :  c.7th century  
7.Ōzu Castle
Ōzu Castle (大洲城, Ōzu-jō), also known as Jizōgatake Castle (地蔵ヶ嶽城, Jizō-ga-take-jō), is a castle located in Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Early defensive structures date back to early 14th century by Utsunomiya Toyofusa. In 1888 deterioration of the castle keep (天守, tenshu) led to its demolition, but it was accurately re-constructed in 2004.
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8.Kagomori Castle
Kagomori Castle (河後森城, Kagomori-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Matsumaru neighborhood of the town of Matsuno, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1997.[1][2]
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Type:  Mountaintop castle  
Builder  :  12C  
Buildyear  :  Watanabe clan