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Kusunoki Masashige
楠木正成
?–1336
A warrior from Kawachi in the late Kamakura and early Nanboku-cho periods. He fought the Kamakura shogunate on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo and built Chihaya Castle in 1332.
Saigen JiroCC0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Kawachinagano, Osaka. Records credit Kusunoki Masashige with building it in 1332.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikidata
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Kusunoki MasashigeWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1332Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kusunoki clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1617Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Moats, Earthen ramparts, WellsWikipedia (ja)
- Designation
- National Historic SiteWikidata
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