Built
Hori Naoyori
堀直寄(直竒)
1577–1639
An early Edo-period daimyo who moved from Nagaoka to Murakami with 100,000 koku, built a three-tiered keep at Murakami Castle and completed a castle town enclosed by earthen banks and moats.
日本語版ウィキペディアのHitam1200さんCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Nagaoka, Niigata. Records credit Hori Naoyori with building it in 1616.
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- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Flatland castle (hirajiro)built on flat ground, defended by moatsWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Hori NaoyoriWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1616Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1868Wikipedia (ja)
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