Kunohe Castle

Kunohe Castle
九戸城
Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Remnants of dry moats at ruins of Kunohe Castle
Kunohe Castle Show map of Iwate Prefecture Kunohe Castle Show map of Japan
Coordinates	40°16′00″N 141°18′13″E / 40.26667°N 141.30361°E / 40.26667; 141.30361
Type	hirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to the public	yes
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	Muromachi period
Built by	unknown
In use	Sengoku period
Demolished	1636
National Historic Site of Japan

Kunohe Castle (九戸城, Kunohe-jō) was a Japanese castle controlled by the Nanbu clan located in what is now the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of far northern Japan. It was also referred to as Fukuoka Castle (福岡城, Fukuoka-jō)^[1] or Miyano Castle (宮野城, Miyano-jō).