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title: Morioka Castle
author: 663highland
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14141/morioka-castle/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Morioka Castle
_Authored by 663highland_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14141.jpg)
## Image Caption
Morioka Castle in Iwate Prefecture, [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/) was built in 1633, during the [Edo Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edo_Period/). The castle's tenshi burned down only one year after its completion, and was never rebuilt. The castle's structures were dismantled in the late 19th Century, during the [Meiji Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Meiji_Period/).
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:171103_Morioka_Castle_Morioka_Iwate_pref_Japan20s3.jpg) by [**663highland**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:171103_Morioka_Castle_Morioka_Iwate_pref_Japan20s3.jpg). Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 31 May 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.