Lord
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
柳沢吉保
1658–1714
Chamberlain to the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. His ancestors came from Kai, and after becoming lord of Kofu Castle in 1704 he did more than anyone to develop the castle and its town.
MonadoCC BY-SA 2.5Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Futtsu, Chiba.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, Katō clan, Takeda clan, Naitō clan, Satomi Yoshihiro, Matsudaira TadashigeWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1871Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Moats, Stone walls, Earthen ramparts, WellsWikipedia (ja)
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