| 1．Sadowara Castle | ||||||
| Sadowara Castle (佐土原城, Sadowara-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the Sadowara neighborhood of the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.[1] It is also called Tsurumatsu Castle (鶴松城, Tsurumatsu-jō), and later Shōkaku Castle (松鶴城, Shōkaku-jō). During the Sengoku period, it was the stronghold of the Itō clan and later was controlled by the Shimazu clan. Shimazu Toyohisa was command of the castle.[1][2][3][4]During the Edo period, the castle was headquarters of Sadowara Domain, which ruled portions of Hyūga Province (modern-day Miyazaki) from 1603 to 1871. The castle site has been a National Historic Site since 2004.[5] | ||||||
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| Type： yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： C. Kamakura period | ||||||
| 2．Mukasa Castle | ||||||
| Mukasa Castle (穆佐城, Mukasa-jō) was a Japanese castle located in the Takaoka neighborhood of what is now the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, in southeastern Kyushu, Japan. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2002.[1] It was also called Musain High Castle (穆佐院高城, Musain-Takajō). It is one of the 48 castles controlled by the Itō clan in Hyūga Province in the Sengoku period. | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： c.1336 | ||||||
| 3．Nobeoka Castle | ||||||
| Nobeoka Castle (延岡城, Nobeoka-jō) is the remains of a castle structure in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.[1][2][3] After the battle of Sekigahara, Takahashi Mototane started building the castle.[4] In 1655, Arima clan fortified the castle and built a 3 level main keep. However, it was burnt down by a fire in 1683 and was never rebuilt.[4] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirajiro-style castle Builder ： 1603 Buildyear ： Takahashi Mototane | ||||||
| 4．Obi Castle | ||||||
| Obi Castle is a Japanese castle, which was originally completed in 1588.[1] It was founded by the Tsuchimochi clan in Nanboku-cho Period, but most of its structure comes from the mid-1400s.[2] It featured prominently in conflicts between the Ito and Shimazu Clan. It was in initially in Shimazu hands, until lost to the Ito clan in 1587. The Ito clan continued to rule it until the Meiji period,[3] expanding it and making it more defendable, with the castle town protected on three sides by the Sakatani river.[4] A domain called Obi Domain was ruled from the castle. | ||||||
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| 5．Tonokōri Castle | ||||||
| Tonokōri Castle (都於郡城, Tonokōri-jō) was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the Tonokōri neighborhood of the city of Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was also known as Ukibune Castle (浮船城). Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2000.[3] | ||||||
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| Type： yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1335 Buildyear ： Itō Sukemochi | ||||||
| 6．Iino Castle | ||||||
| Iino Castle (飯野城, Iino-jō) also known as Kame-jiro was a castle structure in Ebino, Miyazaki, Japan.[1][2] Iino Castle was built by the Kusakabe clan and was later controlled by the Shimazu clan.[3] Shimazu Yoshihiro became command of the castle and spent 26 years in the castle.[4] He set out for Battle of Kizaki from the castle.[4] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama castle Builder ： 11c Buildyear ： Kusakabe clan | ||||||
| 7．Aya Castle | ||||||
| Aya Castle (綾城, Aya-jō) is a castle located in Aya, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Aya was built from around 1331 to about 1334. Its name derives from the man who oversaw the construction of the castle, who referred to himself only as "Aya" (his real name was Koshiro Yoshito).[1] His family ruled over the castle until the Muromachi period, when the head of the Itō clan took over Aya Castle, which was one of 48 under their control and considered to be their most strategic against the Shimazu.[2] The Shimazu clan seized the castle following their victory over the Itō in 1577. The castle was then given to Niiro Hisatoki, one of the retainers for the Shimazu Clan.[3] Toyotomi Hideyoshi conquered the castle for a short period ten years later.[4] In 1615, however, the castle was destroyed due to a shogunal decree that every domain could have only one castle.[5] | ||||||
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