MitakeCastle (三岳城跡, Mitake-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was a fortress of the local Ii clan, which later rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1944.[1] | ||||||
Type: yamashiro-style Japanese castle | ||||||
Built: Year Unknown | ||||||
Builder: c.1338 | ||||||