Nagurumi Castle

Nagurumi Castle (名胡桃城, Nagurumi-jō) is a castle structure in Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.[1] The castle played historically important role because invasion of the castle by the Later Hōjō clan caused Siege of Odawara (1590).[2]

Nagurumi Castle
名胡桃城
Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Nagurumi Castle
TypeHirayama-style castle
Site information
OwnerNumata clan, Sanada clan
Conditionruins
Site history
Built1492
Built byNumata clan
Demolished1590
EventsSiege of Nagurumi Castle
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Suzuki Shigenori

The castle is now only ruins, just some moats and earthworks.[3] The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.[4]

See also

References

  1. "名胡桃城" (in Japanese). じゃらん. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. "名胡桃城". |攻城団language=Japanese. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "名胡桃城" (in Japanese). 群馬県. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


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