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[Castle name]
Iiyama castle
the residence of Takanashi Masayori who was chased by Takeda Shingen

[Description]
Iiyama Castle is a flatland-mountain castle located in Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Province. The castle built year is unknown, but [Takanashi Masayori] ruled this area.

At the forth Kawanakajima Battle, he was active as Uesugi Kensin’s side, but he could not recover the old people. Tensho 10 year (1582), it became the residence of [Uesugi Kagekatsu] who inherited from Uesugi Kensin, and [Iwai Nobuyoshi] entered the castle as castle officer.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi united the country, [Ishikawa Mitsuyoshi] ruled North Shinano, but in Keicho 3 year (1598), [Seki Kazumasa] was awarded 30000 stones. The next year, Mr. Seki was transferred to Toki. After that, Keicho 8 year (1603), [Matsudaira Tadateru], the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, entered Kawanakajima at 180000 stones.

Tadateru’s vassal [Minagawa Hiroteru] was awarded 40000 stones to serve at Iiyama, but later was resigned by Ieyasu. After that, Mr. Hori, Mr. Sakuma, Mr. Sakurai Matsudaira, Mr. Nagai, Mr. Aoyama were the castle owner. Kyoho 2 year (1717), [Honda Sukeyoshi] was promoted from Itoigawa, after that, Iiyama Castle was ruled by Mr. Honda for 10 generations until Meiji Restoration.

In addition, Meiji 1 year (1868), the castle was attacked by the army of the old shogunate and it was burnt. Aoi Shrine was built on Honmaru trace, [Castle Park] is built on Ninomaru. stones are left.

[Address,access]
〒389-2253 Iiyama, Iiyama City, Nagano Province

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