Tsuruga Castle (鶴ヶ城; -jō), also known as Aizuwakamatsu Castle (会津若松城; -jō), is a traditional fortress in northern Japan, at the center of the town of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture. Its siege and capture were the last military actions on Honshu of the Boshin War.
The castle was constructed by Ashina Naomori in 1384, and was originally named Kurokawa Castle (黒川城; -jō); it gained its present name in 1592.
During the Edo period, it was the seat of the daimyo of the Aizu Han. The daimyo were descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu, and bore the Matsudaira name. Aizu Wakamatsu Castle was an important Tokugawa stronghold in the Tohoku region of Honshu.
Currently there is a museum inside, constructed in 1965, and an observation gallery on top with a rather nice view.
She participated in the siege of AizuwakamatsuCastle (TsurugaCastle) and was the adoptive sister of Matsudaira Katamori, Military Commissioner of Kyoto and a prominent figure on the Tokugawa Shogunate's side during the Meiji Restoration.
Matsudaira Teru was born as the third daughter of Hoshina Masamoto, daimyo of the Iino han in Kazusa.
Although Teru was a new face in the castle, she quickly became the leader of the over six hundred women and children involved in the siege, partly because Toshihime had passed away in 1861.
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