Shigisan Castle

Shigisan castle
信貴山城
Mount Shigi, border of Yamato and Kawachi Provinces, Japan
Mt Shigi (Shigisan Castle)
Shigisan castle is located in Nara Prefecture
Shigisan castle
Shigisan castle
Shigisan castle is located in Japan
Shigisan castle
Shigisan castle
Typeyamashiro-type Japanese castle
Site history
Built1536
Built byKizawa Nagamasa
In use1536–1577
Demolished1577
Battles/warsSiege of Shigisan (1577)
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Kizawa Nagamasa, Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide

Shigisan castle (信貴山城, Shigisanjō) was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. There are little remains of the castle on the present day site, just some moats and earthworks.[1]

  1. ^ "信貴山城跡" (in Japanese). 平群町公式. Retrieved 25 July 2019.