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Murakami, Niigata
Murakami Castle
村上城
On a small hill shaped like a lying ox, Sengoku-era trenches and Edo-period stone walls survive side by side.
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Honjo Shigenaga
本庄繁長
Head of the Honjo, a powerful warrior family of northern Echigo, and lord of Murakami (Honjo) Castle. He fought for Uesugi Kenshin at Kawanakajima and elsewhere, but rebelled against him in 1568.
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In 1568 he sided with Takeda Shingen against Kenshin and was besieged at Murakami, but held out for months in the hill fortress before making peace. The Senganmaru Well inside the castle is said to have kept his garrison supplied.
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