Kakegawa Castle

Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Main keep of Kakegawa Castle
The Ni-no-Maru Goten
Kakegawa Castle 掛川城 is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Kakegawa Castle 掛川城
Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Kakegawa Castle 掛川城 is located in Japan
Kakegawa Castle 掛川城
Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Coordinates34°46′32″N 138°00′53″E / 34.775417°N 138.014733°E / 34.775417; 138.014733
TypeHirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionreconstruction from 1994
Site history
Built1469–1487,
Built byAsahina Yasuhiro, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, others
In useEdo period
Demolished1869

Kakegawa Castle (掛川城, Kakegawa-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.