Rebuilt / expanded
Kobori Enshu (Kobori Masakazu)
小堀遠州(小堀政一)
1579–1647
Early Edo-period lord, famous as a tea master and garden designer. In 1615 he carried out the demolition of Uda Matsuyama Castle on the shogunate's orders.
kamoseiroCC BY-SA 2.5Wikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Kōka, Shiga. Records credit Tokugawa Iemitsu with building it in 1634.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Tokugawa IemitsuWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1634Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Katō clanWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1873Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Stone walls, Moats, Turrets or turret bases, GatesWikipedia (ja)
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