Lord
Honda clan
本多氏
掬茶CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Yurihonjo, Akita. Records credit Tateoka Mitsushige with building it in 1613.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep was builtthe castle never had a keepWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Tateoka MitsushigeWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1613Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Honda clan, Rokugō clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1869Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Earthen ramparts, Moats, GatesWikipedia (ja)
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