Nanao Castle

Coordinates: 37°00′32″N 136°59′03″E / 37.0089°N 136.9841°E / 37.0089; 136.9841
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Nanao Castle
七尾城
Nanboku-Sengoku period
Demolished1589
Battles/warsSiege of Nanao

Nanao Castle (七尾城, Nanao jō) was a

National Historic Site since 1934.[1][2]

Background

Nanao Castle is located on the southeastern side of

Muromachi shogunate, the Hatakeyama in Noto ruled their area as a semi-independent fief. Hatakeyama Yoshifusa (1491-1545) expanded Nanao Castle into a huge fortress. However, after his death, the Hatakeyama suffered from internal conflicts with the clan and with increasing restive powerful retainers, and problems with the Ikkō-ikki
movement.

Situation

Nanao Castle is regarded as one of the five largest medieval mountain castles in Japan along with Kasugayama Castle (Niigata Prefecture), Odani Castle and Kannonji Castle (Shiga Prefecture), and Gassantoda Castle (Shimane Prefecture).[3] It is located along the upper slopes of Shiroyama mountain, a 300 meter height south edge of modern city center of Nanao and consisted of several enclosures, each with stone ramparts and dry moats. The central enclosure was at the top of the hill, and could only be reached by passing through the enclosures assigned to important vassals of the Hatakeyama, which completely surrounded the central enclosure on several concentric levels on the lower slopes. The total size of the fortifications exceeded one square kilometer.

History

Cho Tsunatsura resisted intensely. To counter such resistance, Kenshin succeeded in subverting another chief vassal, Yusa Tsugumitsu, who betrayed the Hatakeyama and opened the gates to Kenshin's forces. Having accepted Yusa's submission, Kenshin left Noto in his control but encountered and subsequently defeated the Oda relief force led by Shibata Katsuie at the Battle of Tedorigawa in 1577. After Kenshin died in 1578, Yusa surrendered to Nobunaga's forces when they conquered Noto Province in 1581. Having incurred Nobunaga's displeasure somehow, Yusa was murdered and Maeda Toshiie was appointed Lord of Noto in his stead. He built a new castle at Komaruyama (小丸山) and Nanao Castle was abandoned in 1589.[4]

Current

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone ramparts and baileys. A museum is on site.[2][5]

See also

References

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  1. ^ "七尾城跡". Ishikawa Prefecture official home page (in Japanese). Ishikawa Prefecture. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "日本100名城・七尾城編】上杉謙信も落城に苦戦した能登の日本五大山城" (in Japanese). 城びと. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Nanao castle - SamuraiWiki". Wiki.samurai-archives.com. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  4. ISBN 1854095234
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  5. ^ "Nanao Castle". Japan Web Magazine. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Literature

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