Ueda Castle

Ueda Castle
上田城
Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Ueda Castle
Ueda Castle is located in Nagano Prefecture
Ueda Castle
Ueda Castle
Ueda Castle is located in Japan
Ueda Castle
Ueda Castle
Coordinates36°24′15″N 138°14′39″E / 36.40413°N 138.24427°E / 36.40413; 138.24427
Typehilltop-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionsome extant and reconstructed buildings
Site history
Built1583
Built bySanada Masayuki
In useSengoku - Edo period
Demolished1874

Ueda Castle (上田城, Ueda-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ueda, northern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Ueda Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Ueda Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the Sengoku period Sanada clan. It was also called Amagafuji-jō or Matsuo-jō. The castle was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934.[1]

  1. ^ "上田城跡" [Ueda-jō ato] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.