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Mariyatsu Castle
The residence of Mariyatsu Nobutaka
Mariyatsu Castle is a mountain castle located in Mariyatsu, Kisarazu City, Chiba Province. It is said that the castle was built by [Takeda Nobunaga], and was used along with [Chonan Castle] as the base to expand influence.
Originally Kazusa Country was the territory of [Uesugi Masanori], he accepted [Ashikaga Shigeuji]’s order to attack [Takeda Nobunaga]. In addition, Mariyatsu Castle and Chonan Castle were built as the base of Kazusa Country.
When entering Sengoku Period, it was the best time for Mr. Mariyatsu. In addition, he also built [Shiizu Castle], [Kururi Castle] [Sanuki Castle] and [Tsukuromi Castle] as the sub-castles to expand his influence.
[Satomi Yoshitaka] aimed to attack Kazusa, he attacked Mr. Mariyatsu’s [Kururi Castle] and [Mariyama Castle]. Facing with this situation, Mr. Mariyatsu requested help from Mr. Hojo, but he still failed to protect the castle and he surrendered to Mr. Satomi.
After that, Eiroku 7 year (1564), at the second Konodai Joint Castle, when Mr. Satomi was defeated by Mr. Hojo, he surrendered to Mr. Hojo again. Tensho 18 year (1590), when [the Battle of Odawara] broke out by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Mr. Mariyatsu was attacked by Mr. Hojo and Tokugawa army and Mariyatsu Castle fell down and later it became abandoned.
Chonan Castle was also abandoned. Here Mr. Mariyatsu was destroyed, it is said that he escaped to Mr. Nasu in Shimotsuke. Nowadays, bending wheel, moats, soil and others are still left.
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〒292-0201 5439 Mariyatsu, Kisarazu City, Chiba Province
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