| 1．Ōmeguri-Komeguri Mountain Castle | ||||||
| Ōmeguri-Komeguri Mountain Castle (大廻小廻山城, Ōmeguri-Komeguri yamajirō) was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) located in what is now the Kusakabe neighborhood of Higashi-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) Builder ： c.7th century | ||||||
| 2．Okayama Castle | ||||||
| Okayama Castle (岡山城, Okayama-jō) is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan. The main tower was completed in 1597,[1] destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966. Two of the watch towers survived the bombing of 1945 and are now listed by the national Agency for Cultural Affairs as Important Cultural Properties. | ||||||
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| Type： Azuchi-Momoyama castle Builder ： 1346-1369 (Nawa clan)rebuilt 1590-1597 (Ukita Hideie)replica donjon completed 1966 | ||||||
| 3．Kameyama Castle (Okayama) | ||||||
| Kameyama Castle (沼城, Kameyama-jō), also well known as Numa Castle, is the remains of a castle structure in Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as an Okayama City Designated Historic Site.[1] The castle was bulit by Nakayama Nobutada in the Tenbun period (1532–1555).[2] In 1559, Ukita Naoie killed Nakayama Nobumasa by order of Uragami Munekage.[3] Then Naoie moved Ukita clan's main bastion from Shinjōyama castle.[4] Naoie expanded his territory based in the castle.[3][5] In 1570, Naoie started remodeling Okayama castle and moved from the castle in 1573.[3][6][1] | ||||||
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| Type： Okajiro-style castle Builder ： 16c Buildyear ： Nakayama Nobumasa | ||||||
| 4．Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū) | ||||||
| Takamatsu Castle (高松城, Takamatsu-jō) of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture.[1] The style of the castle was a hirajō (flatland castle) with no stone walls, but only earthen walls. The castle was surrounded by marshes, which formed a natural moat. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1902.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Azuchi-Momoyama castle Builder ： late 16th century Buildyear ： Mimura clan | ||||||
| 5．Tsuyama Castle | ||||||
| Tsuyama Castle (Japanese: 津山城, Hepburn: Tsuyama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the Sange neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan. Tsuyama considered one of Japan's three major hirayama (平山城 hilltop) style castles along with Himeji Castle and Matsuyama Castle, which were all constructed around the same time. During the Edo period, Tsuyama castle served as the primary residence of the daimyō of the Tsuyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also called Kakuzan Castle (鶴山城, Kakuzan-jō). It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1963.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Teikaku-style hirayama castle Builder ： 1441–1444; major expansions 1603–1616 Buildyear ： Yamana clan (original); Mori Tadamasa (1603) | ||||||
| 6．Takakoshi Castle | ||||||
| Takakoshi Castle (高越城, Takakoshi-jō) also well known as Takakoshi-yama Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built in the Nanboku-chō period against a possible invasion of Kublai Khan's force.[2] It has been said that Hōjō Sōun was born in the castle[3] and he lived in the castle until he started serving the Ashikaga Shogunate.[4] After the fall of the Ise clan, Takakoshi castle was controlled by the Mōri clan.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamajiro-style castle Builder ： 13c Buildyear ： Utsunomiya Sadatsuna | ||||||
| 7．Ki castle | ||||||
| Ki castle (鬼ノ城, Ki no jō) was an ancient kōgoishi type castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1986.[1] Portions of the castle were reconstructed in the early 2000s. | ||||||
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| Type： Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) Builder ： c.7th century Buildyear ： Yamato court | ||||||
| 8．Fukuyama Castle (Sōja) | ||||||
| Fukuyama Castle (福山城, Fukuyama-jō) of Bitchū Province was a Nanboku-chō period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Kiyonemiyori neighborhood of the city of Sōja in Okayama Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1936.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1335 Buildyear ： Shō Kanesuke | ||||||
| 9．Bitchū Matsuyama Castle | ||||||
| Bitchū Matsuyama Castle (備中松山城, Bitchū Matsuyama-jō), also known as Takahashi Castle (高梁城), is a Japanese castle located in the city of Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. It is not to be confused with Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. Along with having one of only twelve remaining original tenshu (main keeps) in the country, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle is notable as the castle with the highest elevation above sea level in Japan at 430 meters (1410 ft).[1] It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1956.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro castle Builder ： 1331, rebuilt early Edo Period | ||||||
| 10．Tenjinyama Castle (Bizen) | ||||||
| Tenjinyama Castle (天神山城, Tenjinyama-jō) is the remains of a castle structure in Wake, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Sites.[1] The castle was built by Urakami Munekage.[2][3] Munekage expanded his territory base in the castle.[2] But in 1575, Tenjinyama castle was attacked by Ukita Naoie who was former senior vassal of Munekage and Munekage escaped to Harima.[4] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： 1554 Buildyear ： Urakami Munekage |