Japan Castle Atlas

Oda clan

織田氏

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

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The keep base on the summit of Mt. Azuchi, August 2023. The tenshu itself is gone; only foundation stones remain on the walled platform.

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Ōmihachiman, Shiga

Azuchi Castle

安土城

Nobunaga's seven-story tenshu burned only about three years after it was finished; on the summit, just its foundation stones remain in neat rows.

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The keep on the summit of Mount Kinka, January 2022. It is a reconstruction built in reinforced concrete in 1956. From late August 2026 to mid-April 2027 (planned) it is wrapped in scaffolding and sheeting for renovation and cannot be seen.

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Gifu, Gifu

Gifu Castle

岐阜城

The castle Oda Nobunaga used as his base for unifying Japan was an entire mountain.

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Taiko-mon Gate with its wooden bridge over the inner moat (September 2010): the 11.8 m turret gate behind and the Hashizume-mon gate in front, both restored in 2004.

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Nagano, Nagano

Matsushiro Castle

松代城

Takeda Shingen built it as his front line in the Kawanakajima wars, and the Sanada family later lived here for 250 years.

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Inuyama Castle seen from Inuyama Bridge over the Kiso River, November 2012. The keep stands on a cliff with the river guarding its back.

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Inuyama, Aichi

Inuyama Castle

犬山城

Atop a cliff over the Kiso River stands a keep built before the Edo period, and you can walk all the way around its top-floor balcony looking down on the river and the Nobi Plain.

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The West Koguchi Gate of the Kaku-umadashi, rebuilt in wood in 2016 (November 2020). It is based on foundation stones from the Ii family's era (late 16th century) found in excavations.

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Takasaki, Gunma

Minowa Castle

箕輪城

In just over 30 years it passed from the Takeda to the Oda, the Hojo and the Tokugawa, until Ii Naomasa moved the castle to Takasaki and it was abandoned.

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Tamaru Castle

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Tamaki, Mie

Tamaru Castle

田丸城

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Mount Komaki

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Komaki, Aichi

Mount Komaki

小牧山城

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The East Turret in cherry blossom and carp-streamer season, April 2019. It stands on the earthen rampart of the main enclosure across the water moat and was rebuilt in wood in 1998.

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Tsuchiura, Ibaraki

Tsuchiura Castle

土浦城

Tsuchiura's main enclosure, ringed by moats, was said to look like a turtle floating on water, and it still has the only surviving main-enclosure gate tower in the Kanto region.

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LordRecord source: wikipedia

Masuyama Castle

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Tonami, Toyama

Masuyama Castle

増山城

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Tsu Castle

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Tsu, Mie

Tsu Castle

津城

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LordRecord source: wikipedia

Oomizo Castle

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Takashima, Shiga

Oomizo Castle

大溝城

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Iwasaki Castle

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Nisshin, Aichi

Iwasaki Castle

岩崎城

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Kiyosu Castle

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Kiyosu, Aichi

Kiyosu Castle

清洲城

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Kisai Castle

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Kazo, Saitama

Kisai Castle

騎西城

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Orizu Castle

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Inazawa, Aichi

Orizu Castle

下津城

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Ōkusa Castle

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Chita, Aichi

Ōkusa Castle

大草城

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Moriyama Castle

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Aichi

Moriyama Castle

守山城

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Anjō Castle

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Anjō, Aichi

Anjō Castle

安祥城

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Oda Castle

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Tsukuba, Ibaraki

Oda Castle

小田城

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Suemori Castle

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Aichi

Suemori Castle

末森城

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Gakuden Castle

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Inuyama, Aichi

Gakuden Castle

楽田城

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Ishioka, Ibaraki

Katano Castle

片野城

Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia