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[Castle name] Hino Castle Hino castle was built by Sadahide Gamo, and it was passed onto Katahide and Ujisato. (It is also called Nakano castle) [Explanation] Hino castle (also known as Nakano castle) was a Japanese castle located in Hin...

[Castle name] Tsuyama Castle Tsuyama castle is where Tadamasa Mori, the youngest of Nobunaga Oda’s Kosho - 3 brothers of Mori (Ranmaru, Bomaru, Rikimaru), resided. [Explanation] Tsuyama castle was in Tsuyama-shi in Okayama prefecture. Th...

[Castle name] Hirosaki Castle [Explanation] There are various stories regarding Temenobu Oura’s birthplace, it is said that he could be a son of Morinobu Oura, or Kuji castle’s owner, Kuji-shi’s son. In the recent years he is considered ...

[Castle name] Toyama Castle Toyama castle was where Toshitsune Maeda’s second son, Toshitsugu founded Toyama domain for 100 thousand Koku after the death of Narimasa Sassa. [Explanation] Toyama castle was at Marunouchi, Toyama-shi in Toy...

[Castle name] Gifu Castle Gifu castle was destroyed by Ieyasu Tokugawa at the preliminary skirmish of the battle of Sekigahara- Part 3 [Explanation] In 1600, Hidenobu Oda, the owner of Gifu castle became a part of the West troops of Mits...

[Castle name] Gifu Castle (Inabayama Castle) Gifu Castle: Gifu Castle was a castle that the owner continued to change after Nobunaga and Nobutada Oda were killed at the incident of Honnoji temple - Part 2 [Explanation] Based in Mino, Nob...

[Castle Name] Gifu-jo Castle (former name : Inabayama-jo Castle) Gifu-jo Castle in Mino Province (former name : Inabayama-jo Castle), which Nobunaga ODA made to be a foothold for the whole country. [Description] Gifu-jo Castle is a mount...

[Castle Name] Matsuyama Castle An Important Cultural Property Designated by Kato Yoshiaki : The Castle of Iyo-Matsuyama Castle [Description] Matsuyama Castle is a castle located in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and is also known as K...

[Castle Name] Takato Castle Nobutada ODA's army, a famous spot for cherry blossoms, Nishina Morinobu Takato Castle [Description] Takato Castle is a castle located in Takato-cho, Inashi, Nagano Prefecture, and it is famous as a famous spo...

[Castle Name] Ichinoseki Castle A castle of Ichinoseki castle by Masamune DATE, wife of Masamune DATE (Kenken TAMURA) [Description of the castle] Ichinoseki Castle was a castle in Tsuriyama, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, as a branch...

[Castle Name] Fukuyama Castle A Fukuyama Castle built in the end of the Sengoku period by Mizuno Katsushige, a hereditary daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) of Tokugawa family, at 10 koku (180,000 koku). [Description] After the Battle of Seki...

[Castle Name] Hiroshima Castle Terumoto Mori, the Western country, followed by Masanori Fukushima, a Asano Nagaakira of Masanori Fukushima, and after that, the castle Hiroshima Castle of the Asano family [Description] Hiroshima Castle, a...

[Castle Name] Edo Castle Built by the Edo clan, repaired by Ota Dokan, and then the two hundred fiftieth year of Tokugawa Shogunate's reign Edo-jo Castle [Description] The history of Edo-jo Castle was far older than the Sengoku period, a...

[Castle Name] Nijo-jo Castle Nijo-jo Castle, that is famous for the return of the great government of Yoshinobu Tokugawa, a famous cultural heritage of Kyoto [Description] Nijo-jo Castle is a nationally designated historic site in Yamash...

[Castle Name] Onomichi Castle Imitation Castle of the third tier 3 story in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture [Description] Onomichi Castle, located in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a building modeled after modern castle, cas...

[Castle Name] Saga Castle The lord of the castle moved to Nabeshima Naoshige, and during the Meiji period the Eto Shimpei Saga War broke out [Explanation] Saga Castle was originally called Nakamura-jo Castle, and it was a residence of th...

[Castle Name] Osaka Castle The Siege of Osaka in Winter Summer, where Yodogimi, Hideyori Toyotomi committed suicide with his sword, and which was built by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Osaka Castle [Description] Osaka-jo Castle is the first reside...

[Castle Name] Akō Castle The castle Akō Castle of Asano Takumi no Kami (Naganori Asano), famous for the raid on Kira's residence by Ako Roshi (Naganori Asano) [Description] Akō Castle served as a branch domain of the Ikeda family in Hime...

[Castle Name] Takasaki Castle The modern castle on the plains, castle Takasaki Castle (castle special Japanese history) built by Ii Naomasa, one of the 4 Tokugawa-shitenno (the Tokugawa retainers of the Tokugawa clan) [Description] Takas...

[Castle Name] Nakamura Castle The court Noble's Ichijo Family Moved from Kyoto to the Sengoku Daimyo (Japanese Territorial Lord in the Sengoku Period), Ichijo Kanesada's Residence, Tosa Nakamura Castle [Description] Nakamura-jo Castle wa...