Tokutan Castle (徳丹城, Tokutan-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Yahaba in Shiwa District, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshū, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan on 5 August 1969.[1] | ||||||
Type: jōsaku-style Japanese castle | ||||||
Built: 811 AD | ||||||
Builder: Sakanoue no Tamuramaro | ||||||