Himeji Castle

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Important Cultural Property of Japan Japanese castle National Treasure of Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site hilltop castle

Himeji Castle is a UNESCO-listed Japanese feudal castle famed for its elegant white appearance, complex defensive design, and status as one of Japan’s best-preserved original castles.

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Label Occurrences
Himeji Castle canonical 11
Himeji Castle main keep (early form) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
Japanese castle ⓘ
National Treasure of Japan ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hilltop castle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shirasagi-jō ⓘ
White Heron Castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle Japanese castle architecture ⓘ
builtBy Akamatsu Norimura ⓘ
constructionEnd 1609 ⓘ
constructionStart 1333 ⓘ
coordinates 34.839°N 134.693°E ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designatedAs Special Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
expandedBy Ikeda Terumasa ⓘ
hasComponent Nishinomaru bailey ⓘ
inner moat ⓘ
middle moat ⓘ
outer moat ⓘ
tenshu (main keep) ⓘ
three smaller keeps ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Treasures of Japan ⓘ
surface form: National Treasure of Japan

UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Himeji ⓘ
Hyōgo Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ
locatedOn Himeyama hill ⓘ
mainKeepHeight 46.4 metres ⓘ
managedBy Himeji ⓘ
surface form: City of Himeji
materialsUsed stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
notableFeature complex defensive maze-like layout ⓘ
interlocking defensive walls and gates ⓘ
multiple baileys and moats ⓘ
white plastered earthen walls ⓘ
numberOfStoriesMainKeep 5 external stories ⓘ
6 internal floors ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalCastleCountContext one of twelve remaining original Japanese castles ⓘ
preservationStatus one of Japan’s best-preserved original castles ⓘ
rebuiltBy Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ
rebuiltIn 1581 ⓘ
1601–1609 ⓘ
roofMaterial tile ⓘ
siteArea approximately 233 hectares ⓘ
survivedEvent Great Hanshin earthquake ⓘ
World War II bombing ⓘ
surface form: World War II bombings
underwentMajorRestoration 1956–1964 ⓘ
2009–2015 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria Cultural (i) ⓘ
Cultural (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1993 ⓘ
visitorAttraction major tourist destination in Japan ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hyogo Prefecture → hasLandmark → Himeji Castle ⓘ
Hyogo Prefecture → knownFor → Himeji Castle ⓘ
western Japan → hasHistoricalSite → Himeji Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
western Japan → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Himeji Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
Himeji → hasFamousLandmark → Himeji Castle ⓘ
Himeji → knownFor → Himeji Castle ⓘ
Himeji → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Himeji Castle ⓘ
Himeji → hasHistoricSite → Himeji Castle ⓘ
Osaka and Kyoto → hasUNESCOSiteNearby → Himeji Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Osaka
Harima Province (historical region) → containsHistoricSite → Himeji Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Harima Province
Azuchi–Momoyama period → notableStructure → Himeji Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Himeji Castle main keep (early form)
Kansai, Japan → hasLandmark → Himeji Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansai