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Castle In Nara Prefecture

1.Yagyū Castle
Yagyū Castle (柳生城, Yagyū-jō) is the remains of a castle structure in Nara, Nara Prefecture. Yagyū castle was constructed by the Yagyū clan in the Nanboku-chō period and became a home castle of the Yagyū clan.[1] In 1544, the castle was attacked by Tsutsui Junkei's force and defeated.[1] Later, Yagyū clan was approved as the main domain of Yagyū in Yamato by Oda Nobunaga.[1] In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi seized the territories of the Yagyū clan.[1]
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Type:  Hirayamajiro-style castle  
Builder  :  Nanboku-chō period  
Buildyear  :  Yagyū clan  
2.Kōriyama Castle
34°39′6.9″N 135°46′44.18″E / 34.651917°N 135.7789389°E / 34.651917; 135.7789389 Kōriyama Castle (郡山城, Kōriyama-jō) is a Japanese castle in what is now the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Sengoku daimyō Tsutsui Junkei started construction of the castle, and Toyotomi Hidenaga made it his residence.[1] In the Edo period, it became the headquarters of the Kōriyama Domain. During this time it was held by members of the Mizuno, Okudaira Matsudaira, Honda, Fujii Matsudaira, and Yanagisawa clans.
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3.Uda Matsuyama Castle
Uda Matsuyama Castle (宇陀松山城, Uda Matsuyama-jō) is a castle structure in Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site.[1] In 1600, Fukushima Masanori's younger brother Fukushima Takaharu became the lord of the castle.[1][2] The castle was demolished by Tokugawa shogunate`s one country one castle rule in 1615.[3]
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Type:  Mountaintop style castle  
Builder  :  15C  
Buildyear  :  Akiyama clan  
4.Shigisan Castle
Shigisan castle (信貴山城, Shigisanjō) was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. There are little remains of the castle on the present day site, just some moats and earthworks.[1]
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Type:  yamashiro-type Japanese castle  
Builder  :  1536  
Buildyear  :  Kizawa Nagamasa  
5.Takatori Castle
Takatori Castle was a 14th-century Japanese castle, now in ruins, in Takatori, Nara Prefecture.[1][2]
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