Sagara Castle 相良城 | |
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Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | |
Coordinates | 34°41′12.5″N 138°11′53.5″E / 34.686806°N 138.198194°E |
Type | flatland-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | yes |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1767 |
Built by | Tanuma Okitsugu |
In use | Edo period |
Demolished | 1786 |
Sagara Castle (相良城, Sagara-jō) was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Makinohara, central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Sagara Castle had been degraded to a jin'ya and was home to the Tanuma clan, daimyō of Sagara Domain.