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Oda Nobunaga
織田信長
1534–1582
The Sengoku warlord who unified Owari province. In 1567 he seized Inabayama Castle, renamed it Gifu Castle, and for about ten years, until moving to Azuchi in 1576, used it as his base for unifying Japan.
Tomio344456CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia CommonsA hilltop castle in Aichi. Records credit Oda Nobunaga with building it in 1559.
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- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Hilltop castle (hirayamajiro)built on a low hill rising from the plainWikipedia (ja)
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built by
- Oda NobunagaWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1559Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1560Wikipedia (ja)
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