Built
Mori Motonari
毛利元就
1497–1571
A warlord who rose from local lord of Yoshida in Aki Province to dominate much of western Honshu. He expanded his home castle, Koriyama, over an entire mountain.
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A mountain castle in Matsue, Shimane. Records credit Mori Motonari with building it in 1562.
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- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Mori MotonariWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1562Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Mori MotonariWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1567Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Earthen ramparts, MoatsWikipedia (ja)
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