| 1．Tochio Castle | ||||||
| Tochio Castle (栃尾城, Iino-jō) was a castle structure in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan.[1] The site is located on a 227-meter mountain.[2] Young Uesugi Kenshin spent five years in the castle.[3][4] The exact date of the castle's foundation is unknown but built in the Muromachi period. In 1543, Uesugi Kenshin left Kasugayama Castle and entered the castle as a joint commander by Nagao Harukage`s order.[4] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： 15C Buildyear ： ? | ||||||
| 2．Nagaoka Castle | ||||||
| Nagaoka Castle (長岡城, Nagaoka-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Nagaoka Castle was home to a branch of the Makino clan, daimyō of Nagaoka Domain. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1537 Buildyear ： Hori clan, Makino clan | ||||||
| 3．Shibata Castle | ||||||
| Shibata Castle (新発田城, Shibata-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Shibata Castle was home to the Mizoguchi clan, daimyō of Shibata Domain. The castle was also known as "Ayame-jō" (菖蒲城, "Iris Castle"). | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： Early Kamakura period; reconstructed 1597-1654 Buildyear ： Shibata clan (original); Mizoguchi Clan | ||||||
| 4．Hirabayashi Castle | ||||||
| Hirabayashi Castle (平林城, Hirabayashi-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Kamihayashi neighborhood of the city of Murakami, northern Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The castle ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1978.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop-style Japanese castle Builder ： c. 1500 Buildyear ： Hirabayashi clan | ||||||
| 5．Murakami Castle | ||||||
| Murakami Castle (村上城, Murakami-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Murakami, northern Niigata Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Murakami Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Naitō clan, daimyō of Murakami Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known as "Maizuru-jō" (舞鶴城). The ruin been protected as a National Historic Site since 1993.[1] It is about 30 minutes on foot from Murakami Station on the JR East Uetsu Line. | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop-style Japanese castle Builder ： c. 1500 Buildyear ： Honjō clan | ||||||
| 6．Samegao Castle | ||||||
| Samegao Castle (鮫ヶ尾城, Samegao-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Yukimori and Miyauchi neighborhoods of the city of Myōkō, Niigata Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2008.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： c.1570s Buildyear ： Uesugi Kenshin | ||||||
| 7．Kasugayama Castle | ||||||
| Kasugayama Castle (春日山城, Kasugayama-jō) is a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Uesugi Kenshin, and was originally built and ruled by the Nagao clan. It is listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles and the ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1935.[1] The castle and its history were mentioned by Takizawa Bakin, and Yamazaki Yoshishige in Tanki manroku.[2] Kasugayama Castle is regarded as among Japan's Five Greatest Mountain Castles, along with Nanao Castle, Odani Castle, Kannonji Castle and Gassantoda Castle. The castle is unofficially called Hachigamine Castle (鉢ヶ峰城, Hachigamine-jō).[3] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： Year Unknown Buildyear ： Nagao clan | ||||||
| 8．Takada Castle | ||||||
| Takada Castle (高田城, Takada-jō)) was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in what is now the center of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, it was the centre of Takada Domain. | ||||||
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| Type： Hirajiro (flatland castle) Builder ： 1614 | ||||||
| 9．Sakado Castle | ||||||
| Sakado Castle (坂戸城, Sakado-jō) was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the Muikamachi neighborhood of the city of Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1979.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： c.1400 |