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Kizawa Nagamasa
木沢長政
?–1542
A Sengoku-period warrior of Kawachi province who served the Hatakeyama governors as deputy governor and was also a retainer of Hosokawa Harumoto. Iimori Castle first appears in records in 1530 as his residence.
投稿者が撮影Public domainWikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Heguri, Nara. Records credit Kizawa Nagamasa with building it in 1536.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikidata
- Period
- Medieval (c.1185–1570s)Wikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Kizawa NagamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1536Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Kizawa Nagamasa, Matsunaga HisahideWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1577Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Trench cuts (horikiri), Earthen ramparts, Gates, Stone wallsWikipedia (ja)
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