Shingū Castle (新宮城, Shingū-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Shingū, southern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Shingū Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Mizuno clan, hereditary karō of Kishū Domain.[1][2][3] Its ruins, along with the clan cemetery for the Mizuno clan, were designated a National Historic Site in 2003.[4] The castle is also called the Tankaku-jō (丹鶴城) or the Okimi-jō (沖見城). | ||||||
Type: hirayama-style Japanese castle | ||||||
Built: 1618 | ||||||
Builder: Asano Tadayoshi | ||||||