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Ikeda Terumasa

1565–1613 · 16th century

Ikeda Terumasa was a daimyo and son-in-law of Tokugawa Ieyasu who fought for him at Sekigahara. Rewarded with Harima province and 520,000 koku, he rebuilt Himeji Castle between 1601 and 1609 into the great white keep that survives today, a World Heritage Site.

Ikeda Terumasa
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Himeji Domain

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