| 1．Ōtawara Castle | ||||||
| Ōtawara Castle (大田原城, Ōtawara -jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ōtawara, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Ōtawara Castle was home to a branch of the Ōtawara clan, daimyō of Ōtawara Domain. It was also called the "Dragon Castle" (龍城, Ryū-jō) The Ōtawara clan was a branch of the Nasu clan, and was one of the seven Gōzoku samurai bands of the Nasu region of northern Shimotsuke Province. In 1590, Ōtawara Harukiyo went against his Nasu overlord and pledged allegiance to Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Odawara against the Odawara Hōjō clan, and was awarded a 7,000 koku holding. He later pledged his forces to Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought a rear-guard action against the Uesugi clan while Ieyasu was at the Battle of Sekigahara and gained another 5,000 koku, which qualified him to the ranks of the daimyō. | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1545 Buildyear ： Ōtawara Sukekiyo | ||||||
| 2．Utsunomiya Castle | ||||||
| Utsunomiya Castle (宇都宮城, Utsunomiya-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Utsunomiya, central Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Utsunomiya Castle was home to a branch of the Toda clan, daimyō of Utsunomiya Domain. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： late Heian period | ||||||
| 3．Tobiyama Castle | ||||||
| Tobiyama Castle (飛山城, Tobiyama jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site, since 1977.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： late Kamakura period Buildyear ： Haga clan | ||||||
| 4．Banna-ji | ||||||
| Banna-ji (鑁阿寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. The honzon of the temple is a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai, leading to the temple's nickname of Dainichisama,.[1] The temple is built on the ruins of the ancestral fortified residence of the Ashikaga clan who ruled Japan during the Muromachi shogunate, and its grounds are a National Historic Site[2] | ||||||
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| 5．Karasawa Castle | ||||||
| Karasawayama Castle (唐沢山城, Karasawayama-jō) was a Japanese castle originally built in the Heian period and used through the end of the Sengoku period. It was located in what is now part of the city of Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site, since 2014.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 927 AD Buildyear ： Fujiwara no Hidesato | ||||||
| 6．Sano Castle | ||||||
| Little is known of Sano Castle (佐野城, Sano-jō). It is mostly connected to its nearby castle, Karasawa Castle, both of which were next to Sano, the corresponding castle townfor the two castles during the Edo period.The Sano Clan had previously built Karasawayama Castle, which had been established since the 1400s. In 1602, there was a great fire in Edo castle, which could be seenfrom Karasawayama Castle. The Sano clan [Wikidata] sent their condolences to the Emperor.Some historians say that when the Emperor realised that Karasawayama Castle looked down on Edo, he told the Sano clan that there was a law against this.In the same year of the fire, 1602, the Sano clan, rebuilt another new castle at a lower point on the hill - this castle was named Sano Castle. [1] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style castle Builder ： 1602 Buildyear ： Sano Nobuyoshi [Wikidata] | ||||||
| 7．Oyama Castle | ||||||
| Oyama Castle (小山城, Oyama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. In 1991 the ruins were proclaimed a National Historic Site by the Japanese government collectively with Nakakuki Castle and Washi Castle as the "Oyama clan castle ruins".[1] The castle is also known as Gion Castle (祇園城, Gion-jō) | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1148 Buildyear ： Oyama Masamitsu | ||||||
| 8．Karasuyama Castle | ||||||
| Karasuyama Castle (烏山城, Karasuyama -jō) is a Japanese castle located in Nasukarasuyama, northern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Karasuyama Castle was home to a branch of the Ōkubo clan, daimyō of Karasuyama Domain. It was also called the Cactus Castle (臥牛, Gagyu- jō) Karasuyama Castle was originally built by Nasu Sukeshige in 1418 and was the primary residence of the Nasu clan from 1514 to the end of the Sengoku period. The castle resisted repeated attacks by the Satake clan and other enemies of the Nasu, but was never taken in battle. However, in 1590, partly for failing to participate in the 1590 Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi divided the Nasu holdings, and awarding their ancestral castle temporarily to Oda Nobukatsu, one of the surviving sons of Oda Nobunaga.With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Karasuyama Castle became the center of the 20,000 koku Karasuyama Domain, ruled by a succession of daimyo clans (Narita, Matsushita, Hori, and Itakura) before it was awarded in 1725 to a junior branch of the Ōkubo clan. Most of the castle buildings were reconstructed in 1659 by Hori Chikayoshi, including the primary daimyo residence the San-no-Maru Goten, and most of the castle gates. | ||||||
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| Type： mountain-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1418 Buildyear ： Nasu Sukeshige | ||||||
| 9．Mibu Castle | ||||||
| Mibu Castle (壬生城, Mibu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Mibu, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Mibu Castle was home to a branch of the Torii clan, daimyō of Mibu Domain. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1469-1489 Buildyear ： Mibu Tsunashige | ||||||
| 10．Nasu Kanda Castle | ||||||
| Nasu-Kanda Castle (那須神田城, Nasu-Kanda jō) was a Heian period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the town of Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site, since 1984.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： c.1125 |