Iwakiri Castle

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Iwakiri Castle (Iwakiri-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the ward of Miyagino-ku, in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1982. It was also referred to as Takamori Castle (Takamori-jō) The castle was home castle of Rusu clan.

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