Kochi Castle (高知城) 高知城
Burnt down in 1727, it was rebuilt in 1749, faithful to the style of the early seventeenth century.
Seat of the Tosa domain throughout the Edo period under the Yamauchi clan, the castle became a public park in 1874. Fifteen buildings, including the keep, the Kaitokukan and the Otemon gate, are national Important Cultural Properties (designated National Treasures in 1934 under the law of the time, and redesignated in 1950 as 重要文化財 under the current law on cultural properties); since 2006 it has been No. 84 of the 100 most famous castles in Japan (日本100名城).
Kochi
Kōchi, Iriake
