Rebuilt / expanded
Mori Motonari
毛利元就
1497–1571
A warlord who rose from local lord of Yoshida in Aki Province to dominate much of western Honshu. He expanded his home castle, Koriyama, over an entire mountain.
上条ジョーCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. Built around 1554, according to the sources below.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1554Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Mōri clanWikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Stone walls, Trench cuts (horikiri)Wikipedia (ja)
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