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Oda Nobunaga
織田信長
1534–1582
The Sengoku warlord who unified Owari province. In 1567 he seized Inabayama Castle, renamed it Gifu Castle, and for about ten years, until moving to Azuchi in 1576, used it as his base for unifying Japan.
立花左近CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA flatland castle in Aichi. Records credit Oda Nobunaga with building it in 1559.
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- 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
- Oda NobunagaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1559Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1560Wikipedia (ja)
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