Marugame Castle (Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture) is a renowned stone castle also known as the Stone Castle.
Its stone walls are high, with four tiers leading up to the main enclosure, stretching over 60 meters from the base of the mountain to the summit.
The castle tower is approximately 15 meters high and has three floors and is one of only 12 remaining wooden castle towers in Japan.
Completed in 1660 (Manji 3), it is the oldest remaining wooden castle tower in Shikoku.
The castle is elaborately designed, with cleverly placed karahafu and chidorihafu gables, and a stone drop system and plain wooden latticework on the north side.
The castle was built by Ikoma Chikamasa (1597). Chikamasa, who was granted 170,000 koku of land in Sanuki, made Takamatsu Castle his main castle and built Marugame Castle as a secondary castle to control western Sanuki.
The kit features loose stone walls stacked according to the pattern on the backing, and the castle tower's chidorihafu and karahafu gables are faithfully reproduced in every detail.
This authentic wooden model is easy to assemble thanks to precision laser processing and a color assembly manual.
This product is a wooden model that requires assembly.
Assembly and painting require additional adhesives, tools, paint, etc.
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Finished size: Overall width 250mm, Depth 250mm, Height 230mm
Unpainted wooden assembly kit made primarily from wood. Additional tools, paint, etc. are required.
Estimated build time: 40 hours
Materials: Hinoki (cypress), Shina (ash), Agathis (ash), Jindai Ash (ash), etc.
The kit features stone walls made from loose stone stacked according to the pattern on the backing card, and the castle tower's chidorihafu (plover-shaped gables) and karahafu (karahafu) patterns are faithfully reproduced down to the smallest detail.
