Mizuki Castle | |
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水城跡 | |
Ōnojō, Fukuoka, Japan | |
Type | Korean-style fortress |
Site information | |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Built | c.660s |
Built by | Yamato court |
In use | Asuka period |
Mizuki Castle (水城跡, Mizuki-jō ato) was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) straddling the border of the cities of Ōnojō, Dazaifu, and Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1921, and raised to a Special National Historic Site since 1953 with the area under protection expanded in 2013.[1]