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Yamanaka Castle
山中城
Mishima, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Unique Checkerboard Moats of Yamanaka Castle
Earthen works of Yamanaka Castle
Yamanaka Castle is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Yamanaka Castle
Yamanaka Castle
Yamanaka Castle is located in Japan
Yamanaka Castle
Yamanaka Castle
Coordinates35°09′23.03″N 138°59′32.71″E / 35.1563972°N 138.9924194°E / 35.1563972; 138.9924194
TypeYamajiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruins
Site history
Built1469-1487,
Built byHōjō Ujiyasu
In useSengoku period
Demolished1590
Battles/warsSiege of Odawara (1590)
National Historic Site of Japan

Yamanaka Castle (山中城, Yamanaka-jō) was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle, built by the Odawara Hōjō clan in Tagata District, Izu Province, in what is now eastern Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1988.[1]

  1. ^ "山中城跡". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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