Lord
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
豊臣秀吉
1537–1598
The warlord who carried on Oda Nobunaga's work and unified Japan. In 1583 he began building Osaka Castle on the site of the Osaka Hongan-ji temple.
投稿者が撮影Public domainWikimedia CommonsA mountain castle in Ōyamazaki, Kyoto. Built around 1338, according to the sources below.
Basic information
- Type
- Castle
- Setting
- Mountain castle (yamajiro)built on a mountain; expect a climbWikidata
- Keep (tenshu)
- Not yet confirmedwhether a keep existed is still being checked
- Built
- 1338Wikipedia (ja)
- Main lords
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hosokawa Harumoto, Yakushiji KuninagaWikipedia (ja)
- Abandoned
- 1584Wikipedia (ja)
- Remains to see
- Earthen ramparts, Turrets or turret bases, Keep base (tenshudai), Moats, WellsWikipedia (ja)
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