Built
Arima Harunobu
有馬晴信
1567–1612
CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsNagasaki · Minamishimabara
Hara Castle
原城
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki
CastleHilltop castle (hirayamajiro)Next 100 Fine Castles No. 188
A hilltop castle in Minamishimabara, Nagasaki. Records credit Arima Harunobu, Arima Takazumi with building it in 1496.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainJapan Castle Foundation
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Arima Harunobu, Arima TakazumiJapan Castle Foundation
- Built
- 1496Japan Castle Foundation
- Abandoned
- 1616Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Moats, Fortified gateways (koguchi)Wikipedia (ja)
- Designation
- Part of a World Heritage Site; National Historic SiteWikidata
- Selection
- Next 100 Fine Castles No. 188Japan Castle Foundation
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