#602: Kushima Castle (Semiweekly-pedia of Japan)

#602: Kushima Castle (category: castle)

Kushima Castle is a water castle standing on a peninsula extending into Ohmura Bay (refer to #601). It was built in around 1600 by Yoshiaki Ohmura, the first feudal lord of the Ohmura clan during the Edo era.

Also, Yoshiaki Ohmura was the first son of Sumitada Ohmura (a.k.a. Don Bartholomew), the first Christian warlord in the Japanese history.

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