Japanese Castles

From the mid-sixteenth century onwards, Japanese feudal lords competed with one another in the construction of massive and imposing castles. Today many of them have been lovingly restored.

A hanging scroll painting of Himeji castle.Not long ago a Japanese newspaper columnist complained that Japan was rapidly becoming a land of fake castles.

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