小田城／アクセス・場所・地図戦国時代佐竹義重・上杉謙信と激しく争った小田氏治の居城小田城【お城特集日本の歴史】

Oda Castle[The feature on the castles; Japanese history]

[Castle name]
Oda Castle
Oda Ujiharu, who fought with Satake Yoshishige and Uesugi Kenshin in the Warring States period, lived in it.

[Description]
Oda Castle was a castle on the plain in current Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. It is assigned to national ruin.
From the Kamakura period to the Warring States period, the Oda family lived in it. It was built in the first year of the Bunji period (A.D.1185) when Hatta Tomoie was appointed to the governor of Hitachi.

In the Warring States period, the head of the castle Oda Ujiharu repeatedly fought with the Makabe family, the Satake family, the Tagaya family, and Uesugi Kenshin. Later on, Ujiharu joined the Hojo family. In the 1st year of the Tensho period (A.D.1573), he was defeated in the battle of Tehaizaka and Oda Castle was usurped by Satake Yoshishige.

Then, Ujiharu escaped to Tsuchiura Castle, where his retainer the Sugaya family lived.

After that, Ota Sukemasa got in charge of Oda Castle. later, his son Kajiwara Masakage succeeded it Afterward, Oba Yoshimune from the Satake family became the head of the castle. In the 5th year of the Keicho period (A.D.1600), Satake Yoshinobu didn’ clarify his position in the Battle of Sekigahara, so Ieyasu didn’t like him. In the 7th year of the Keicho period (A.D.1602), the Satake family was forced to move to Akita (Kubota Castle)..