After that, eight castles, including Shuri-jo Castle, burned down during domestic conflicts such as the Seinan War and, at the end of the Pacific War, bombing on Japan's mainland and in the Battle of Okinawa, and, after World War II, Matsumae-jo Castle keep was destroyed by an accidental fire; as a result. there are only 12 Genzon Tenshu today.
その後、西南戦争などの内乱や太平洋戦争末期には日本本土爆撃や沖縄戦によって首里城を含む8城が焼失、戦後に松前城天守が失火により焼失して、現在では現存天守現存12天守が残るだけとなっている。