Built
Mori Takamasa
毛利高政
1559–1628
First lord of the Saiki domain. Given the 20,000-koku Saiki domain in 1601 after the Battle of Sekigahara, he began building Saiki Castle on Shiroyama (then Hachimanyama) the following year.
AckeyyamaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Tsushima, Nagasaki. It is said to have been built by Mori Takamasa.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Mori TakamasaWikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Stone wallsWikipedia (ja)
- Designation
- National Historic SiteWikidata
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