Tachibanayama Castle

Tachibanayama Castle
立花山城
Tachibana Mountain, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Stone wall of Tachibana Castle
Tachibanayama Castle is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Tachibanayama Castle
Tachibanayama Castle
Tachibanayama Castle is located in Japan
Tachibanayama Castle
Tachibanayama Castle
TypeKamakura period Japanese castle
Site information
Controlled byŌtomo clan (1330–1569, 1569–1586), Mōri clan (1569), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1586–1598), Tokugawa Ieyasu/Tokugawa shogunate (1598 – c. 1603)
ConditionRuins of stone elements of keep, wells and waterworks remain
Site history
Built1330
Built byŌtomo Sadatoshi
In use1330–1586
MaterialsWood, stone, plaster
Demolishedc. 1603
Battles/warsBattle of Tatarahama (1569), Kyūshū Campaign (1586)
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Tachibana Ginchiyo (c. 1575), Kobayakawa Takakage (c. 1586–1598)

Tachibanayama Castle (立花山城, Tachibanayama-jō) was a Japanese castle in Chikuzen Province, in the north of Kyūshū. It was at the peak of Mount Tachibana, extending in part into the Higashi-ku in Fukuoka.[1] The castle is also known as Rikka-jō, Tachibana-jō, or Rikkasan-jō.

  1. ^ "日本の城がわかる事典「立花山城」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 17 October 2021.