| 1．Kanō Castle | ||||||
| Kanō Castle (加納城, Kanō-jō) was a hirajirō-style Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was one of the few castles built after the Battle of Sekigahara and establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and was used as an administrative center of Kanō Domain under the end of the Edo period, but only its ruins, including the base of the tenshu and stone walls, remain today.[1] The ruins were designated National Historic Site in 1983.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： hirajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1602 Buildyear ： Okudaira Nobumasa | ||||||
| 2．Kawate Castle | ||||||
| Kawate Castle (川手城, Kawate-jō) was a castle that existed between the Nanboku-chō period and the Sengoku period. Its ruins are located in the present-day city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. An alternative way to write its name in Japanese is 革手城, which has the same pronunciation.[1] It replaced Nagamori Castle as the base of operations for the area and served as home for regional shugo until Saitō Dōsan switched to Inabayama Castle. After its demolition, earthen mounds still remained, but they, too, were broken down to help with the construction of Kanō Castle. | ||||||
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| Builder ： 1353 Buildyear ： Toki Yorinari | ||||||
| 3．Gifu Castle | ||||||
| Gifu Castle (岐阜城, Gifu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with Mount Kinka and the Nagara River, it is one of the main symbols of the city. The castle is also known as Inabayama Castle (稲葉山城, Inabayama-jō). It was designated a National Historic Site in 2011.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： 1201 Buildyear ： Nikaidō clan | ||||||
| 4．Kurono Castle | ||||||
| Kurono Castle (黒野城, Kurono-jō) was a castle built in Mino Province in Japan in 1597. Though the castle spanned the Sengoku and Edo periods, it barely did so as the castle was demolished in 1610. The castle supported the Saitō, Oda and Toyotomi clans. The castle was built by Katō Sadayasu in 1597. Though Sadayasu supported the Toki clan, Katō Mitsuyasu, his father, supported the Saitō clan and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who provided many of the stones for the construction of the castle. Mitsuyasu join in the invasions of Korea, but died of illness during his trip home in 1593, putting Sadayasu in charge of construction. | ||||||
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| Builder ： 1597 Buildyear ： Katō Sadayasu | ||||||
| 5．Sagiyama Castle | ||||||
| Sagiyama Castle (鷺山城, Sagiyama-jō) was a castle built in Mino Province in Japan during the late-Heian period (late 12th century); it was destroyed during the Sengoku period in the mid-16th century. The castle's ruins are located in the present-day city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture. It stood at the peak of Mount Sagi, which was only 68 m (223 ft). Because the castle was built as a residence and not a defensive fortress, its location on a small mountain was of little consequence. | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： ca. 1185 Buildyear ： Satake Hideyoshi | ||||||
| 6．Nagamori Castle | ||||||
| Nagamori Castle (長森城, Nagamori-jō) was a castle built in Mino Province, Japan, by Tosanobō Shōshun (土佐坊昌俊), in 1185, and lasted from the Heian period to the early Sengoku period. It is located in the Kiridōshi area of the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. After the castle was dismantled in the beginning of the Sengoku period, the Kiridōshi Jin'ya was built on the same spot. It served as the base for the area shugo until the construction of Kawate Castle nearby. | ||||||
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| Builder ： 1185 Buildyear ： Tosanobō Shōshun | ||||||
| 7．Sunomata Castle | ||||||
| Sunomata Castle (墨俣城, Sunomata-jō) is a Japanese castle in Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture at the confluence of the Sai and Nagara rivers. It is also called the Sunomata Ichiya Castle (墨俣一夜城), due to the legend that it was built in one night. The castle was constructed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, at the time a minor retainer of Oda Nobunaga, while they were pressing the Siege of Inabayama Castle in the mid-16th century. "The work of building at Sunomata was done by a band of adventurers under the direction of a local robber baron named Hachisuka Koroku."[1][2] Hideyoshi used pre-constructed sections to put up the fortress and it was finished so quickly that it gave the impression that it was done overnight, although the work took several days to complete. Hideyoshi's success with the construction of this castle greatly raised his prestige and standing with Nobunaga, and marked the start of his rise to fame. The "castle" was more of a wooden walled fortress, with simple watchtowers, wooden palisades, and dry moats. In reality, it was more of a border fort than a full sized castle, and was intended to intimidate, surprise and demoralize the enemy. | ||||||
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| Type： Japanese castle Builder ： 1567 Buildyear ： Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ||||||
| 8．Ōgaki Castle | ||||||
| Ōgaki Castle (大垣城, Ōgaki-jō) is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. During the Sengoku period, Ōgaki Castle was home to several of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most trusted generals and relatives; during the Edo period, it was home to the Toda clan, daimyō of Ōgaki Domain, who dominated parts of the province of Mino under the Tokugawa shogunate. Other names for the castle include Bi Castle (麇城 Bi-jō) and Kyoroku Castle (巨鹿城 Kyoroku-jō). | ||||||
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| Type： flatlands-style Japanese Castle Builder ： 1535[1] | ||||||
| 9．Takayama Castle | ||||||
| Takayama Castle (高山城, Takayama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built on a mountain nearly 687 m (2,254 ft) in height and had many typical castle features, including a stone base, earthen walls and a surrounding moat. | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： 1588-1600 Buildyear ： Kanamori Nagachika | ||||||
| 10．Matsukura Castle (Gifu Prefecture) | ||||||
| Matsukura Castle (松倉城, Matsukura-jō) was a castle in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan (formerly Hida Province). It was built by, and ruled from, by Yasutane Shiina during the 16th century.[1] The castle was built on Mount Matsukura (松倉山 Matsukura-yama), which is in the southwestern area of the present-day Takayama. Though the mountain is 857 m (2,812 ft), its prominence is only 360 m (1,181 ft). While only the stone foundation surrounding the castle remains today, and the site was designated an Important Cultural Asset by the prefecture in 1956. | ||||||
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| 11．Naegi Castle | ||||||
| Naegi Castle (苗木城, Naegi-jō) was a Japanese castle that formed the administrative center of Naegi Domain, a feudal domain of the Tōyama clan, located in what is now part of the city of Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It also referred to as the Misty Castle (霞ケ城, Kasumi-ga-jō), Naegi Castle was also known as "Akakabe Castle", as its walls were not white like many Japanese castles, but made with a reddish colored clay. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1981.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1532-1555 | ||||||
| 12．Iwamura Castle | ||||||
| Iwamura Castle (岩村城, Iwamura-jō) was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day municipal subdivision of Iwamura, in Ena, Gifu Prefecture.[1] Along with Takatori Castle in Nara and Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle in Okayama, it is regarded as one of the three best mountain castles, and at an elevation of 721 meters above sea level (200 meters above its immediate surroundings), it is one of the highest in Japan. | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： 1185 | ||||||
| 13．Kaneyama Castle | ||||||
| Mino Kaneyama Castle (美濃金山城, Mino Kaneyama-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] In 1981, the ruins were designated as a National Historic Site.[3] It was also known as Karasumine Castle (烏峰城, Karasumine-jō). | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1537 Buildyear ： Saito Masayoshi | ||||||
| 14．Gujō Hachiman Castle | ||||||
| Gujō Hachiman Castle (郡上八幡城, Gujō Hachiman-jō) is a yamashiro, or "mountain castle", located on Hachiman Mountain in the city of Gujō, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins were designated a Gifu Prefecture Historic Site in 1955.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop castle Builder ： 1559 Buildyear ： Endō Morikazu | ||||||
| 15．Sakurabora Castle | ||||||
| Sakurabora Castle (桜洞城, Sakurabora-jō) was a medieval Japanese castle built in the Hida Province. It is now located in the present-day city of Gero, Gifu Prefecture. It was constructed by the daimyō Mitsuki Naoyori (三木直頼) in 1544, near the end of the Sengoku period. In 1579, the ruler of Hida Province Mitsugi Yoritsuna (三木自綱) began construction on Matsukura Castle, intending it as the new home for the Mitsugi clan. From the start of construction until the Mitsugi clan could be installed into the new castle, Sakurabora served as Yoritsuna's seat of power. Thereafter, once the clan was established in Matsukura Castle, the Mitsugi used Sakurabora as their winter home. | ||||||
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