Rebuilt / expanded
Niwa Nagahide
丹羽長秀
1535–1585
A senior retainer of Oda Nobunaga. In 1576 he was put in overall charge of building Azuchi Castle.
TR15336300101CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Obama, Fukui. Records credit Takeda Motomitsu with building it in 1522.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Takeda MotomitsuWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1522Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1642Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Trench cuts (horikiri), Earthen rampartsWikipedia (ja)
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