Lord
Kuroda clan
黒田氏
あばさーPublic domainWikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Kimitsu, Chiba. Records credit Takeda Nobunaga with building it in 1456.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Mock keepa keep-shaped building where no keep existed, or where its appearance is unknownWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Takeda NobunagaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1456Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kuroda clan, Later Hōjō clan, Takeda clan, Satomi clan, Ōsuga Tadamasa, Tsuchiya TadanaoWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1872Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Earthen ramparts, Trench cuts (horikiri), Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), WellsWikipedia (ja)
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