Yokosuka Castle

Yokosuka Castle
横須賀城
Kakegawa, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Ruins of Yokosuka Castle
Aerial photograph of Yokosuka Castle Park in 1988
Yokosuka Castle is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Yokosuka Castle
Yokosuka Castle
Yokosuka Castle is located in Japan
Yokosuka Castle
Yokosuka Castle
Coordinates34°41′8″N 137°58′16″E / 34.68556°N 137.97111°E / 34.68556; 137.97111
TypeHirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruins
Site history
Builtc. 1580; 444 years ago (1580)
Built byŌsuga Yasutaka
In useEdo period
Demolished1871; 153 years ago (1871)

Yokosuka Castle (横須賀城, Yokosuka-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ōsuka in the southern part of what is now the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan. It was built in the Sengoku period and was the capital of Yokosuka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. In 1981, the castle ruins were designated as a National Historic Site.[1]

  1. ^ "横須賀城跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.