Kameyama Castle (Okayama)

Kameyama Castle
亀山城
Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Numa Castle / Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle is located in Okayama Prefecture
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle is located in Japan
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle
Coordinates34°42′24″N 134°2′11″E / 34.70667°N 134.03639°E / 34.70667; 134.03639
TypeOkajiro-style castle
Site information
OwnerNakayama clan, Ukita clan
Conditionruins
Site history
Built16c
Built byNakayama Nobumasa
Demolished1602
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Nakayama Nobumasa, Ukita Naoie

Kameyama Castle (沼城, Kameyama-jō), also well known as Numa Castle, is the remains of a castle structure in Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as an Okayama City Designated Historic Site.[1]

The castle was bulit by Nakayama Nobutada in the Tenbun period (1532–1555).[2] In 1559, Ukita Naoie killed Nakayama Nobumasa by order of Uragami Munekage.[3] Then Naoie moved Ukita clan's main bastion from Shinjōyama castle.[4] Naoie expanded his territory based in the castle.[3][5] In 1570, Naoie started remodeling Okayama castle and moved from the castle in 1573.[3][6][1]

Soon after the Honnō-ji Incident, Hashiba Hideyoshi stopped and stayed in the castle on his way back to Kyoto to fight Akechi Mitsuhide's army.[7]

  1. ^ a b Nihon Jōkaku Taikei Vol.13 Hiroshima, Okayama. Tokyo: 新人物往来社. 1980. p. 346. ISBN 9784404009982.
  2. ^ "沼城/亀山城" (in Japanese). Okayama Tourism Association. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "宇喜多直家" (in Japanese). Okayama city official. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ Nihon Jōkaku Taikei Vol.13 Hiroshima, Okayama. Tokyo: 新人物往来社. 1980. p. 345. ISBN 9784404009982.
  5. ^ "沼城/亀山城" (in Japanese). Okayama city official. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Ukita Naoie" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. ^ "戦国屈指の強行軍。秀吉の中国大返し" (in Japanese). 歴史マガジンWEB. Retrieved 25 October 2021.