| 1．Akita Castle | ||||||
| Akita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”. The name is sometimes used wrongly for Kubota Castle, an Edo period Japanese castle which served as the headquarters or the Satake, daimyō of Kubota Domain that was a domain in the northern part of Dewa Province created by the Tokugawa shogunate. | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 780 Buildyear ： Ritsuryo government | ||||||
| 2．Kubota Castle | ||||||
| Kubota Castle (久保田城, Kubota-jō) is a Japanese castle in the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Kubota Castle was home to the Satake clan, daimyō of Kubota Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province. The castle was also known as "Yadome-jō" (矢留城) or "Kuzune-jō" (葛根城). In the official documents of the Tokugawa shogunate, the castle was called "Akita-jō" (秋田城), although this name is now more commonly used to refer to the Nara period fortified settlement of Akita Castle which was nearby. | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1604 Buildyear ： Satake Yoshinobu | ||||||
| 3．Minato Castle | ||||||
| Minato Castle (湊城, Minato-jō) was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Muromachi period, Minato Castle was home to the Ando clan, daimyō of Akita Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1436 ? Buildyear ： Ando Yasusue ? | ||||||
| 4．Hiyama Andō Clan Fortified Residence ruins | ||||||
| Hiyama Castle (檜山城, Hiyama-jō) is a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site of Hiyama Castle proper, the outlying Ōdate (大館跡), and Chausu (茶臼館跡) fortifications and the ruins of the temple of Kokusei-ji (国清寺跡) were collectively designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Buildyear ： Andō (Akita) clan | ||||||
| 5．Ōtoriiyama ruins | ||||||
| The Ōtoriiyama ruins (大鳥井山遺跡, Ōtoriiyama iseki) is an archaeological site containing a large Heian period jōsaku-style fortification located in what is now part of the city of Yokote, Akita in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2010.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle | ||||||
| 6．Yokote Castle | ||||||
| Yokote Castle was built by the Onodera clan in 1550, in Akita prefecture.[1] While it was constructed in 1500s, it's believed there were fortifications on site before that. The castle was of a modest size, consisting mainly of two features: the main enclosure and the secondary, Ninomaru.[2] It was burnt down in the Boshin War. | ||||||
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| 7．Wakimoto Castle | ||||||
| Wakimoto Castle (脇本城, Wakimoto-jō) is a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Buildyear ： Andō (Akita) clan | ||||||
| 8．Honjō Castle | ||||||
| Honjō Castle (本荘城, Honjō-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Yurihonjō, southern Akita Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Honjō Castle was home to the Rokugō clan, daimyō of Honjō Domain. The castle was also known as "Tsurumai-jō" (鶴舞城) or "Ozaki-jō" (尾崎城). | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1610 Buildyear ： Tateoka Mitsushige, rebuilt by Rokugō Masanori | ||||||
| 9．Kakunodate Castle | ||||||
| Kakunodate Castle (角館城, Kakunodate-jō), also known as Asakura Castle and Ryugasaki Castle, was a mountaintop castle (yamashiro) located in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Its roots can be traced to when Moriyasu Tozawa was given the area in 1590, though it may have been constructed prior to this. Due to a Shogunal decree that each domain was to retain only one castle, it was demolished in 1620. Only ruins remain at the site on Mount Furushiro. | ||||||
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| 10．Hotta-no-saku | ||||||
| The Hotta-no-saku ruins (払田柵跡, Hotta-no-saku iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale Heian period josaku-style fortified settlement located in what is now part of the municipalities of Daisen and Misato in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1931.[1] The site is maintained as an archaeological park with some reconstructed buildings. | ||||||
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| Type： josaku-style Japanese castle |