Rebuilt / expanded
Sassa Narimasa
佐々成政
?–1588
A general of Oda Nobunaga. Sent to Etchu around 1581, he used Toyama Castle as his base to bring the whole province under control.
Genjigamine CastleMountain castle (yamajiro) · CastleNo photo of this castle yet
A mountain castle in Oyabe, Toyama. Records credit Taira no Koremori with building it in 1183.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Taira no KoremoriWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1183Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Taira no KoremoriWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1585Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Earthen ramparts, Vertical moats (tatebori), Trench cuts (horikiri)Wikipedia (ja)
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