Shinpu Castle

Shinpu Castle
新府城
Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
Surviving moat of Shinpu Castle
Shinpu Castle is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Shinpu Castle
Shinpu Castle
Shinpu Castle is located in Japan
Shinpu Castle
Shinpu Castle
Coordinates35°44′09″N 138°25′31″E / 35.73583°N 138.42528°E / 35.73583; 138.42528
Typehirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Controlled byTakeda clan
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built1581
Built byTakeda Katsuyori
In useuntil 1582

Shinpu Castle (新府城, Shinpu-jō) was a Sengoku period hirayama-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Takeda Katsuyori. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1973.[1]

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