Miyake Odoi Site
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Miyake-Odoi Site (三宅御土居跡, Miyake-Odoi ato) is an archaeological site with the traces of a Muromachi period fortified residence, located in what is now the Miyake neighborhood of the city of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, in the San'in region of western Japan. Its ruins been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2004 together with the Nanao Castle ruins as the "Masuda clan fortification ruins".[1]
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Miyake-Odoi Site | |
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三宅御土居跡 | |
Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan | |
Coordinates | 34°40′36.4″N 131°51′21.9″E |
Type | yamajiro-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | yes |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Built | c.1193 |
Built by | Masuda clan |
In use | Kamakura-Edo period |
Demolished | 1600 |
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