Built
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.
OsarusanCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Echizen, Fukui. Records credit Sassa Narimasa with building it in 1575.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Sassa NarimasaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1575Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Sassa NarimasaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1581Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Turrets or turret basesWikipedia (ja)
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