Hyogo Prefecture Tamba Sasayama City Sasayama ? Castle
Sasayama Castle was built in the 14th year of Keicho (1609) by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the center of the Sasayama Basin, which is a key point of transportation in San'in Province, for the purpose of preparing for the Toyotomi clan's attack on Osaka Castle and suppressing the daimyo of the Western Kingdom.
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