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Mukasa Castle

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Mukasa Castle (Mukasa-jō) was a Japanese castle located in the Takaoka neighborhood of what is now the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, in southeastern Kyushu, Japan. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2002. It was also called Musain High Castle (Musain-Takajō). It is one of the 48 castles controlled by the Itō clan in Hyūga Province in the Sengoku period.

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