Gassantoda Castle

Coordinates: 35°21′49″N 133°10′58″E / 35.36361°N 133.18278°E / 35.36361; 133.18278
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Gassantoda Castle
月山富田城
Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Former site of Gassantoda Castle
Gassantoda Castle is located in Shimane Prefecture
Gassantoda Castle
Gassantoda Castle
Gassantoda Castle is located in Japan
Gassantoda Castle
Gassantoda Castle
Coordinates35°21′49″N 133°10′58″E / 35.36361°N 133.18278°E / 35.36361; 133.18278
TypeJapanese castle
Site information
Controlled byAmago clan (1396–1566),
Mōri clan (1566–1600),
Horio clan (1600–1611)
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built1396; 628 years ago (1396)
Built bySasaki Yoshikiyo
Demolished1611; 413 years ago (1611)
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Amago Haruhisa,
Amago Yoshihisa,
Kuchiba Michiyoshi,
Amano Takashige,
Kikkawa Hiroie
Map

Gassantoda Castle (月山富田城, Gassantoda-jō) was a

National Historic Site since 1934.[1] Gassantoda Castle was built using the whole of Gassan's ridges and valleys, and is regarded as one of the five largest and most important medieval mountain castles along with Kasugayama Castle (Niigata), Nanao Castle (Ishikawa), Odani Castle and Kannonji Castle (Shiga).[citation needed
]

History

Gassan Toda Castle (月山富田城) is located on Gassan, which is 180 meters tall

Siege of Toda Castle by an Ōuchi army. Although the Ōuchi could not take the castle after a year and a half, the damage to Amago's prestige was very great. Gassantoda Castle was attacked by the Mōri clan in 1566, after several failed assaults and a prolonged siege, it fell to Mōri Motonari, ending the Amago clan as a force in the Izumo region.[4] This victory confirmed Motonari's rise to the position of the most powerful warlord in western Japan, and the castle would become one of several castles in the region occupied by the Mōri. The castle was assigned to Kikkawa Motoharu, one of Motonari's sons and the regional commander of the San'in region. Under the Kikkawa, the castle was upgraded with stone walls.[5]

After the

Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.[6]

The castle site is a 60 minute bus ride from

JR West San'in Main Line Yasugi Station to Gassan-Iriguchi bus stop, and 40 minutes from hillside entrance to hilltop castle ruins.[5]

Gallery

  • Sannomaru walls
    Sannomaru walls
  • Overgrown ruins
    Overgrown ruins
  • Karamente Walls
    Karamente Walls
  • Sugatani Gate
    Sugatani Gate
  • Foundations of the tenshu
    Foundations of the tenshu
  • Old castle map of Gassantoda Castle
    Old castle map of Gassantoda Castle

See also

Further reading

  • De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages.
    ISBN 978-9492722300
    .

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gassan Toda Castle.
  1. ^ "富田城跡". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "月山（島根県）". kotobank. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Gasantoda castle". Yasuki city Tourism Association. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "日本の城がわかる事典「月山富田城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^
    ISBN 4311750404
    .(in Japanese)
  6. ^ Japan Castle Foundation

External links

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