Seki Castle (関城, Seki-jō) is a hirayama-style Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the Makabe District, Hitachi Province in what is now the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934.[1] | ||||||
Type: hirayama-style Japanese castle | ||||||
Built: 1192 AD Kamakura period | ||||||
Builder: Seki clan | ||||||