| 1．Ogasawara clan castle sites | ||||||
| The Ogasawara clan castle sites (小笠原氏城跡, Ogasawara-shi jō-seki) were a number Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castles located in what is now part of the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture. These fortifications were built in the Muromachi period by the Ogasawara clan, who ruled the area at the time. Two of the castle ruins, that of Igawa Castle and Hayashi Castle, have been protected collectively as a National Historic Sites since 2017.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castles Buildyear ： Ogasawara clan | ||||||
| 2．Matsumoto Castle | ||||||
| Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto. It was the seat of Matsumoto Domain under the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate. It is located in the city of Matsumoto, in Nagano Prefecture. The keep 天守閣 (tenshukaku), which was completed in the late sixteenth century, maintains its original wooden interiors and external stonework. It is listed as a National Treasure of Japan, and is one of the twelve surviving tenshu in Japan.[1] It is surrounded by 4 buildings which have also been designated as National Treasures.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirashiro (flatland castle) Builder ： Current structures date from 1594; 430 years ago (1594) Buildyear ： Shimadachi Sadanaga | ||||||
| 3．Ueda Castle | ||||||
| Ueda Castle (上田城, Ueda-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ueda, northern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Ueda Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Ueda Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the Sengoku period Sanada clan. It was also called Amagafuji-jō or Matsuo-jō. The castle was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1583 Buildyear ： Sanada Masayuki | ||||||
| 4．Sanada-shi Yakata | ||||||
| Sanada-shi Yakata (真田氏館, Sanada-shi Yakata) is the remains of a fortified residence of the Sanada clan in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The site is believed that it was a main bastion of the Sanada clan until Sanada Masayuki moved their base to Ueda Castle in 1585.[1] Sanada-shi Yakata was considered unsuitable for withstanding a siege and Sanada clan had such castles as Sanada-shi Honjō Castle and Tenpaku Castle near the residence.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirajiro-style castle Builder ： 1551 Buildyear ： Sanada Yukitaka | ||||||
| 5．Kuwabara Castle | ||||||
| Kuwabara Castle (桑原城, Kuwabara-jō), also known as Takatoya Castle and Suisho Castle, is a yamashiro (castle located on a mountain) situated in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The castle was constructed sometime in the fifteenth century by the Kuwabara clan. By the time it came under the control of the Suwa clan, it had become a satellite castle to Uehara Castle. When forces of the Takeda clan arrived in the area in 1542, the lord of Uehara Castle, Suwa Yorishige, retreated to Kuwabara Castle, which was soon surrounded by Takeda soldiers. The castle fell after a two-day siege.[1] Yorishige and his two brothers were taken to Kofu. A month later, they were forced to commit seppuku. | ||||||
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| 6．Takashima Castle | ||||||
| Takashima Castle (高島城, Takashima-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Suwa, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Takashima Castle was home to the Suwa clan, daimyō of Takashima Domain. The castle is also known as ’The Floating Castle of Suwa’’’ (諏訪の浮城, Suwa-no-uki-shirō) or Shimazaki Castle (島崎城, Shimazaki-jō) | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1592 Buildyear ： Hideno Takayoshi | ||||||
| 7．Komoro Castle | ||||||
| Komoro Castle (小諸城, Komoro-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Komoro, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Komoro Castle was home to a junior branch of the Makino clan, daimyō of Komoro Domain. It was also known as Ana-jō (穴城, castle which is located in a place that is lower than jôkamachi) or Hakatsuru-jō (白鶴城, White Crane Castle). Today, it is open to public as Kaikoen (懐古園). | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1554 Buildyear ： Takeda Shingen or Yamamoto Kansuke (general) | ||||||
| 8．Takatō Castle | ||||||
| Takatō Castle (高遠城, Takatō-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Ina, southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Takatō Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Naitō clan, daimyō of Takatō Domain. The castle was also known as Kabuto Castle (兜山城, Kabuto-jō). Built sometime in the 16th century, it is now largely ruins.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： Sengoku period Buildyear ： Takeda Shingen | ||||||
| 9．Takanashi clan fortified residence | ||||||
| Takanashi clan residence ruins (高梨氏館跡, Takanashi-shi yakata ato) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of the Kamakura to early Sengoku period fortified residence of the Takanashi clan, local warlords in northern Shinano Province during that period. The site is located in the Otate neighborhood of the city of Nakano, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2007.[1] | ||||||
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| 10．Iiyama Castle | ||||||
| Iiyama Castle (飯山城, Iiyama-jō) was a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Iiyama, Nagano prefecture. It was the headquarters for Iiyama Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate and its ruins are now a public park. | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： Year Unknown | ||||||
| 11．Tatsuoka Castle | ||||||
| Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城, Tatsuoka-jō) was a Bakumatsu period pentagonal "star fort" located in what is now part of the city of Saku, Nagano prefecture. It was the primary fortress of Tatsuoka Domain, ruled by the Ogyū-Matsudaira clan. Along with the Goryōkaku in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, it is one of only two star fortresses in Japan, and has been the castle ruins have been designated as a National Historic Site since 1934.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Star fort Builder ： 1867 Buildyear ： Matsudaira Norikata | ||||||
| 12．Fukushima Castle (Shinano Province) | ||||||
| Fukushima Castle (福島城, Fukushima-jō) was a castle located on the Kiso river in Kiso, Nagano, Japan. Fukushima Castle was the site of the Siege of Kiso-Fukushima led by Takeda Shingen in 1554. The castle's commander, Kiso Yoshiyasu [ja] surrendered the garrison when the food supplies ran out.[1] The castle no longer stands. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1532-1554 | ||||||
| 13．Katsurao Castle | ||||||
| Katusrao Castle (葛尾城, Katsurao-jō)) is the remains of a castle structure in Sakaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located on a 816-meter mountain.[1] The castle was a main bastion of the Murakami clan.[2] In, 1553, the castle was attacked by Takeda Shingen, Murakami Yoshikiyo abandoned the castle and fled to Echigo, seeking Nagao Kagetora's help.[3] As a result, the Battle of Kawanakajima happened.[4] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： Muromachi period Buildyear ： Murakami clan |