| 41. | In most castle towns, a temple was deliberately placed in order to reinforce weak points in castle defenses.
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| 42. | The castle burned down in a fire of 1701, which also destroyed most of the surrounding castle town.
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| 43. | Each of these was given to a senior retainer who ran it as his own small castle town.
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| 44. | Ikeda developed the surrounding castle town and embarked on a massive and ambitious plan to rebuild Yoshida Castle.
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| 45. | Castle towns were recorded with the names of local area and names of the lords of the castles.
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| 46. | In addition to the construction of the castle, Nagachika also developed a castle town at the same time.
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| 47. | The castle town of Nagoya prospered during this period, and Owari Province was especially known for its ceramics industry.
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| 48. | The new ShisM City incorporates a number of local townships and villages, most significantly the castle town of Chikusa.
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| 49. | The city nearest to the epicenter was Yonago, an old castle town with a population of about 134, 000.
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| 50. | The growth that Japan experienced while operating under sakoku policy was largely possible because of castle towns such as Kanazawa.
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