Lord
Kitabatake Tomonori
北畠具教
?–1576
Eighth head of the Kitabatake family. He took over in the late 1530s and expanded the family's territory. In 1569 he fought Oda Nobunaga and made peace by adopting Nobunaga's second son.
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A mountain castle in Matsusaka, Mie. It is said to have been built by Kitabatake Mitsumasa.
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 by
- Kitabatake MitsumasaWikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kitabatake Tomonori, Oda NobukatsuWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1576Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Trench cuts (horikiri), Earthen rampartsWikipedia (ja)
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