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Shiwa Castle
志波城
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
 reconstructed South Gate of Shiwa Castle
Shiwa Castle is located in Iwate Prefecture
Shiwa Castle
Shiwa Castle
Shiwa Castle is located in Japan
Shiwa Castle
Shiwa Castle
Coordinates39°41′10.5″N 141°06′23.0″E / 39.686250°N 141.106389°E / 39.686250; 141.106389
Typejōsaku-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionpartially reconstructed
Site history
BuiltAD 803; 1221 years ago (803)
Built bySakanoue no Tamuramaro
In useearly Heian period
Demolishedunknown
National Historic Site of Japan

Shiwa Castle (志波城, Shiwa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.[1]

  1. ^ "志波城跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.

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