Built
Ise Sozui (Hojo Soun)
伊勢宗瑞(北条早雲)
?–1519
Founder of the Hojo clan of Odawara. His move into Odawara began a century in which five generations of the Hojo dominated the Kanto region.
つゆつきCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Records credit Ise Sozui (Hojo Soun) with building it in 1512.
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)
- Built by
- Ise Sozui (Hojo Soun)Wikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1512Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Hōjō Ujishige, Hōjō Ujitoki, Hōjō Tsunashige, Hōjō Ujikatsu, Honda MasanobuWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1619Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Trench cuts (horikiri), Earthen ramparts, Baileys / enclosures (kuruwa), Fortified gateways (koguchi)Wikipedia (ja)
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