Iwadeyama Castle

Iwadeyama Castle is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Iwadeyama Castle
Iwadeyama Castle
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Iwadeyama Castle is located in Japan
Iwadeyama Castle
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TypeMountaintop style castleSite informationControlled byUjiie clan, Date clanConditionruinsSite historyBuilt14c or early 15cBuilt byUjiie NaomasuMaterialsEathworksDemolished1868Garrison informationPast
commandersDate Masamune
Remains of Inner Gate and statue of Date Masamune.

Iwadeyama Castle (岩出山城, Iwadeyama-jō) was a castle in Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[1] After serving Hideyoshi for a time, Date Masamune was given Iwatesawa castle and the surrounding lands as his home domain. Masamune moved there in 1591, rebuilt the castle, renamed it Iwadeyama, and encouraged the growth of a town at its base. Masamune stayed at Iwadeyama for 13 years and turned the region into a major political and economic center.[2]

After the Meiji revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iwadeyama Castle". Miyagi tourism organization (unclear status). Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "岩出山城跡" (in Japanese). Osaki city official. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

38°39′21″N 140°51′46″E / 38.65583°N 140.86278°E / 38.65583; 140.86278


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