Hiroshima Castle

Hiroshima Castle 広島城
Hiroshima, Japan
Reconstructed main keep.
Coordinates	34°24′10″N 132°27′33″E / 34.40278°N 132.45917°E / 34.40278; 132.45917
Type	Azuchi-Momoyama castle
Height	12.4 meters (stone base), 26.6 meters (reconstructed keep, five stories)
Site information
Controlled by	Mōri clan (1592–1600), Fukushima Masanori (1600–1619), Asano clan (1619–1869),  Japan (1869–1945),  Japan (1958-present)
Condition	Reconstructed, serves as history museum
Site history
Built	1592–1599 (original) 1958 (reconstruction)
Built by	Mōri Terumoto
In use	1592–1945
Materials	stone, wood, plaster walls (original); concrete, steel, wood, stone, plaster (reconstruction)
Demolished	6 August 1945 as a result of the atomic bombing.

Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō), is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The main keep was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II, and other castle buildings have been reconstructed since.