Tags: Military Structure.
Edo Castle (江戸城 Edo-jō) also known as Chiyoda Castle (千代田城 Chiyoda-jō) is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan. It is located in Chiyoda in Tokyo then known as Edo Toshima District Musashi Province. Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here. It was the residence of the shogun and location of the shogunate and also functioned as the military capital during the Edo period of Japanese history.