Japan Castle Atlas

Nanbu clan

南部氏

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

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Stone walls and a park path among autumn leaves (November 2017). All of Morioka Castle's walls are built of granite quarried in and around the castle.

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Morioka, Iwate

Morioka Castle

盛岡城

Almost no buildings survive, yet the stone walls alone tell 90 years of castle building, from rough natural stones laid around 1600 to neatly squared blocks dated 1686, all within one castle.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 6CastleHilltop

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LordRecord source: jokaku

The Ne Castle Site Park in summer (August 2010), with the rebuilt buildings of the main enclosure beyond the grass.

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Hachinohe, Aomori

Ne Castle

根城

A castle of earth and timber with no keep or stone walls, whose late-16th-century main enclosure has been rebuilt, building by building, from the post holes found in excavation.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 5CastleFlatland

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LordRecord source: jokaku

A grassy dry moat and earthen bank at the Kunohe Castle ruins, photographed around 2007. Stones can be seen along the foot of the slope on the left. The castle's moats were dry and never held water.

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Ninohe, Iwate

Kunohe Castle

九戸城

The last battlefield of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to unite Japan, with main-enclosure stone walls, raised after the castle fell, that are thought to be the oldest castle walls in the Tohoku region.

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LordRecord source: jokaku

Sannohe Castle

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Sannohe, Aomori

Sannohe Castle

三戸城

小池隆CC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Shichinohe Castle

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Shichinohe, Aomori

Shichinohe Castle

七戸城

小池隆CC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Hachinohe Castle

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Hachinohe, Aomori

Hachinohe Castle

八戸城

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LordRecord source: wikipedia

Daikozi Castle

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Hirakawa, Aomori

Daikozi Castle

大光寺城

TonatsuPublic domainWikimedia Commons

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Tairagasaki CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Nanbu, Aomori

Tairagasaki Castle

平良ヶ崎館

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Shōjujidate Castle

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Nanbu, Aomori

Shōjujidate Castle

聖寿寺館

MChewCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons

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Hanamaki Castle

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Hanamaki, Iwate

Hanamaki Castle

花巻城

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Hanamaki Castle

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Hanamaki, Iwate

Hanamaki Castle

花巻城

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Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia

Kōriyama Castle

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Shiwa, Iwate

Kōriyama Castle

郡山城

SatoshinCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Nakano CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Morioka, Iwate

Nakano Castle

中野館

CastleNo keep recorded

BuiltRecord source: wikipedia

Ōmukai CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Nanbu, Aomori

Ōmukai Castle

大向館

BuiltRecord source: wikipedia

Ōmukai CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Nanbu, Aomori

Ōmukai Castle

大向館

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Asamizu CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Gonohe, Aomori

Asamizu Castle

浅水城

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Tanabu Fortified Manor HouseCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Mutsu, Aomori

Tanabu Fortified Manor House

田名部館

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Fujisaki CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Fujisaki, Aomori

Fujisaki Castle

藤崎城

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Noheji CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Noheji, Aomori

Noheji Castle

野辺地城

LordRecord source: wikipedia

Baba CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet

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Nanbu, Aomori

Baba Castle

馬場館

CastleNo keep recorded

LordRecord source: wikipedia