Lord
Hosokawa clan
細川氏
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Akutagawayama Castle
芥川山城
Takatsuki, Osaka
CastleMountain castle (yamajiro)Next 100 Fine Castles No. 157
A mountain castle in Takatsuki, Osaka. Records credit Hosokawa Takakuni with building it in 1516.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbJapan Castle Foundation
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Hosokawa TakakuniJapan Castle Foundation
- Built
- 1516Japan Castle Foundation
- Main lords
- Hosokawa clan, Miyoshi clan, Nose clan, Hosokawa Harumoto, Wada KoremasaJapan Castle Foundation
- Abandoned
- 1573Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Trench cuts (horikiri), Stone walls, Earthen ramparts, Fortified gateways (koguchi)Wikipedia (ja)
- Selection
- Next 100 Fine Castles No. 157Japan Castle Foundation
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