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Kameyama Castle (Kameoka Castle)[Castle special collection Japanese history]

[Castle name]
Kameyama Castle (Kameoka Castle)
It was built by Akechi Mitsuhide as a base to rule Tanba

[Description]
Kameyama Castle is a flatland-mountain castle located around the area of Aratsuka Town, Kameoka City, Kyoto. It is also called [Kameoka Castle].

[Akechi Mitsuhide] who was engaged in Tanba strategy, accepted the order from Oda Nobunaga, started building the castle in the center of Kameoka Basin in Tensho 6 year (1578).

Akechi Mitsuhide also accepted Sakamoto in Omi, and used Kameyama Castle as the base to rule Tanba. Tensho 10 year (1582), Mitsuhide launched [Honno Temple Chaos], attacked his master Nobunaga, however he was defeated by [Hashiba Hideyoshi] and died on the way.

After that, it was the base for Hideyoshi who united the country, it was ruled by his adopted son [Hashiba Hidekatsu (son of Nobunaga)], [Toyotomi Hidekatsu (nephew of Hideyoshi)], [Toyotomi Hidetoshi (Kobayakawa Hideaki)] and Toyotomi administration follower Maeda Geni and others.

After Hideyoshi died, [Tokugawa Ieyasu] dominated the country. In Keicho 14 year (1609), Daimyo [Okabe Nagamori] established clan at Kameyama, Tanba. Furthermore, the shogun ordered the Daimyo of the west to renovate Kameyama Castle as a modern castle. Todo Takatora carried out the work and it was completed in Keicho 15 year (1610), and a 5-ply tower Tenshu was built in Honmaru.

After Kanen 1 year (1748), Katanohara Matsudaira entered the castle and renamed as Kameoka Clan in Meiji 2 year (1869) in the end of the shogun. In the same year (1871), Kameoka Province was established, as a result, Tanba Kameyama Castle became abandoned.