Fukuchiyama Castle

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Fukuchiyama Castle 福知山城
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
The tenshu (keep) of Fukuchiyama Castle
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Type	hilltop
Site information
Owner	City of Fukuchiyama
Condition	Tenshu and a few other buildings reconstructed
Site history
Built	1572
Built by	Yokoyama clan
In use	1572-1872
Materials	stone, earthwork, wood
Demolished	1872
Garrison information
Occupants	Yokoyama clan, Akechi Mitsuhide

Fukuchiyama Castle (福知山城, Fukuchiyama-jō) is a

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History

Fukuchiyama Castle was originally built and ruled by the Yokoyama family.[1] Following the capture of Tanba in 1576, Akechi Mitsuhide reconstructed the castle on the foundations of the older fortification in 1580. However, the castle buildings, along with many other castle buildings in Japan, were mostly dismantled in 1872 during the Meiji Restoration in the Japanese government's attempts to modernize Japan.^[2]

Today

In 1986, the tenshu, or

of any castle in Japan. Many original stone walls still stand.

The Castle was listed as one of　the

Sources

• Welcome to Kyoto website
• Kansai collection^{[permanent dead link]}

Literature

• De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages.
  ISBN 978-9492722300
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• Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
  ISBN 0-8048-1102-4
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References

35°17′48″N 135°07′47″E / 35.296753°N 135.129625°E / 35.296753; 135.129625