Carp Castle

E678500

Carp Castle is the traditional nickname for Hiroshima Castle, a historic Japanese feudal castle in Hiroshima.

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Label Occurrences
Carp Castle canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese castle ⓘ
hirayama-style castle ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
builtAsResidenceOf Mōri Terumoto ⓘ
builtOn delta of the Ōta River ⓘ
completedIn 1590s ⓘ
constructedBy Mōri Terumoto ⓘ
constructionEnd 1599 ⓘ
constructionStart 1589 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
currentUse history museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
destroyedBy atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
destroyedDuring World War II ⓘ
destroyedOnDate 1945-08-06 ⓘ
hasExhibitsOn Hiroshima’s prewar history ⓘ
castle town history ⓘ
samurai culture ⓘ
hasFeature main keep ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
turrets ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
hasNickname Carp Castle ⓘ
hasNicknameOf Hiroshima Castle ⓘ
hasObservationDeck main keep top floor ⓘ
JapaneseName Rijō ⓘ
JapaneseNameKanji 鯉城 ⓘ
laterControlledBy Asano clan ⓘ
locatedIn Chūgoku region ⓘ
Hiroshima ⓘ
Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
locatedInCityCenter Hiroshima ⓘ
locatedInCountry Japan ⓘ
mainKeepReconstructedIn 1958 ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom carp (koi) associated with Hiroshima ⓘ
near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ⓘ
originallyControlledBy Mōri clan ⓘ
originalMainKeepDestroyedIn 1945 ⓘ
overlooks Hiroshima city center ⓘ
linked to: Hiroshima
period Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ
reconstructionMaterial reinforced concrete ⓘ
surroundedBy moats ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
touristAccess accessible by Hiroshima streetcar ⓘ
type flatland castle ⓘ
usedInPeriod Edo period ⓘ
wasCenterOf Hiroshima Domain ⓘ
wasDaimyoResidenceOf Asano Nagaakira ⓘ
Asano clan lords of Hiroshima Domain ⓘ
linked to: Asano clan

How these facts were elicited

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

Hiroshima Castle → alsoKnownAs → Carp Castle ⓘ
Hiroshima Castle → hasNickname → Carp Castle ⓘ
subject linked to: Carp Castle
Rijō → alsoKnownAs → Carp Castle ⓘ