Built
Honda Tadakatsu
本多忠勝
1548–1610
A leading general of Tokugawa Ieyasu, counted among his "Four Heavenly Kings." In 1590 he became lord of Otaki Castle and, as first lord of the 100,000-koku Otaki domain, laid out the castle and its town.
歌川広重Public domainWikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Kuwana, Mie. Records credit Honda Tadakatsu, Hitotsuyanagi Kayū with building it in 1601.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Early modern (1570s–1871)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Keep lostthe castle had a keep, but it no longer stands (its stone base may remain)Wikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Honda Tadakatsu, Hitotsuyanagi KayūWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1601Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Honda clan, Matsudaira clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1873Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Moats, Turrets or turret basesWikipedia (ja)
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