Even after the promulgation of the Ordinance, over 60 Tenshu existed; however, the compounds of castles were taken over by the army and became army posts, and so Tenshu were progressively knocked down.
廃城令以後も残った天守は60余あったが、軍の接収によって城の敷地が駐屯地となったので、破却が進んだ。