| Koromo Castle (挙母城, Koromo-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Koromo Castle was home to the Naitō clan, daimyō of Koromo Domain. The castle was also known as Shichishū-jō (七州城). A fortification was built near the present site of Koromo Castle during the Kamakura period, and the area was contested in the Sengoku period between the Imagawa clan and the Oda clan. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Miyake clan (formerly of Tahara were allowed to return to Mikawa and were assigned a 10,000 koku domain. In 1600, Miyake Yasusada built a jin'ya fortified residence approximately a kilometer away from the site of the original fortification, and planted sakura trees all around it. The residence was nicknamed "Sakura-jō " (桜城). |
