Rebuilt / expanded
Mori Motonari
毛利元就
1497–1571
A warlord who rose from local lord of Yoshida in Aki Province to dominate much of western Honshu. He expanded his home castle, Koriyama, over an entire mountain.
TT mk2CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Ōda, Shimane. Records credit Ōuchi Hiroie with building it in 1309.
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- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- No keep recordedno keep is recordedWikipedia (ja)
- Built by
- Ōuchi HiroieWikipedia (ja)
- Built
- 1309Wikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1601Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Moats, Earthen ramparts, Wells, Stone walls, GatesWikipedia (ja)
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