Odawara Castle was first built by the Omori clan and then taken over by the Hojo Clan. During the Sengoku Period, the castle withstood attacks from Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, two major warlords of the time, before falling to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, who entrusted it to Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the Edo Period, Ieyasu then handed the castle to Okubo Tadayo, his retainer, who downscaled the castle significantly. It was torn down in 1872 when the Meiji government ordered the demolition of all feudal structures, and was rebuilt in 1960.
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