It took just 6 months for 20 000 labourers to build the stone base and walls of Nagoya Castle’s main tower, led by the legendary samurai Kat? Kiyomasa ??? ??? in the early 1600s. Kiyomasa was a leader of men, having fought in the Seven-Year War as division commander in the first wave of the Japanese invasion of Korea. He was also born in Nagoya, becoming a key figure in the construction of its castle. This monument to Kiyomasa stands close to the original tower foundations inside the Nagoya Castle complex, depicting the huge stone he stood atop of while directing the castle wall construction.
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