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Katsurayama Castle

Coordinates: 35°12′21″N 138°53′36″E / 35.20583°N 138.89333°E / 35.20583; 138.89333
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Katsurayama Castle
葛山城
Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
A image of the Katsurayama Castle, destroyed during the Siege of Katsurayama in March 1557.[1]
Katsurayama Castle is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Katsurayama Castle
Katsurayama Castle
Location of the Katsurayama castle
Katsurayama Castle is located in Japan
Katsurayama Castle
Katsurayama Castle
Katsurayama Castle (Japan)
Coordinates35°12′21″N 138°53′36″E / 35.20583°N 138.89333°E / 35.20583; 138.89333
TypeTeikaku-style hirayama castle
Site information
Controlled byUesugi clan
Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionDestroyed
Site history
Builtc.15th century
Built byKuzuyama
In useSengoku period
MaterialsStone, Wood, Plaster walls
Demolished1557
Battles/warsSiege of Katsurayama

Katsurayama Castle (葛山城, Katsurayama-jō), also referred to as the Kazurayama Castle, is a Japanese castle in Susono, Shizuoka, Japan.[2]

Location

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The Katsurayama Castle is located on the summit of Mount Atago, 270.4 meters above sea level, towards the end of the eastward ridge of Mount Ashitaka.[3][4]

History

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The Katsurayama Castle was built during the Sengoku period of Japan. At around 1557, Baba Nobuharu, one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" decided that he was going to siege the castle. His plan fully went into action in March 1557 when him and 6,000 samurai and ashigaru succeeded in destroying the castle and killing the castle garrison.

References

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  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2008). Kawanakajima 1553–64. Samurai power struggle (4th ed.). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-562-4.
  2. ^ "市指定文化財|裾野市". www.city.susono.shizuoka.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ^ Susono City History Special Committee (1992). History of Susono City Volume 1 Archeology (in Japanese). Susono City.
  4. ^ Masafumi Kato (2016). 70 Walkable Castles in Shizuoka Prefecture (in Japanese). Shizuoka Shimbun.