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Iwadeyama Castle
岩出山城
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Former gate of Honmaru compound
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TypeMountaintop style castle
Site information
Controlled byUjiie clan, Date clan
Conditionruins
Site history
Built14c or early 15c
Built byUjiie Naomasu
MaterialsEathworks
Demolished1868
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Date Masamune
Remains of Inner Gate and statue of Date Masamune.

Iwadeyama Castle (岩出山城, Iwadeyama-jō) was a castle in Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. After serving Hideyoshi for a time, Date Masamune was given Iwatesawa castle and the surrounding lands as his home domain. Masamune moved there in 1591, rebuilt the castle, renamed it Iwadeyama, and encouraged the growth of a town at its base. Masamune stayed at Iwadeyama for 13 years and turned the region into a major political and economic center.

After the Meiji revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed.

See also

References

  1. "Iwadeyama Castle". Miyagi tourism organization (unclear status). Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. "岩出山城跡" (in Japanese). Osaki city official. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

38°39′21″N 140°51′46″E / 38.65583°N 140.86278°E / 38.65583; 140.86278


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