Japan Castle Atlas

Nakagawa clan

中川氏

Builder and lord records come from the Japan Castle Foundation list and Japanese Wikipedia.

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Tall stone walls stacked on top of the cliffs at Oka Castle, with mountains beyond, 2009. All the buildings were torn down in the Meiji era; only the stone walls remain.

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Taketa, Oita

Oka Castle

岡城

Stone walls on a clifftop, without a single building left, are said to have inspired Taki Rentaro's song "Kojo no Tsuki" (The Moon over the Ruined Castle).

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 93CastleMountain

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LordRecord source: jokaku

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Kakamigahara, Gifu

Unuma Castle

鵜沼城

CastleMountain

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LordRecord source: wikipedia