Lord
Torii Tadamasa
鳥居忠政
1566–1628
A daimyo and retainer of the Tokugawa. He became lord of Yamagata in 1622 after the Mogami family was dispossessed, and his major rebuilding gave Yamagata Castle roughly the shape it has today.
MizushimaseaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Iwaki, Fukushima. Built around 1483, according to the sources below.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built
- 1483Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Torii TadamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1603Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Earthen ramparts, Trench cuts (horikiri), WellsWikipedia (ja)
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