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[Castle Name]
Kuno Castle (Kuno Mountain Castle)

[Introduction of Kuno Castle]
Kuno Castle a flatland-mountain castle located in [Kuno Mountain Tosho Pavilian], Nekoya, Suruga District, Shizuoka City.
Castle built year can be dated back to the period of the North and South dynasties. It is said that the castle was built when [Irie Suruga guardian] of Tadayoshi’s side was fighting with Mr. Imagawa of Takauji’s side during [Kanou Chaos] broken out between Ashitaga Takauji and his younger brother Todayoshi.

When entering Sengoku Era, the place where belonged to Mr. Imagawa was destroyed by Takeda Shingen. At that time, Shingen put his eye on Kuno Mountain which can overlook Suruga Bay and he developed Kuno Castle as a full-fledged castle.

Jyokansai and Tanbamori Masakazu, the father and son of Mr. Imafuku were appointed as the castle owner. In Tensho 1 year (1573), the father and son of Mr. Imafuku built Suwahara Castle in Totomi and lived there. In Tensho 3 year (1575) August, when Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked Totomi, [Suwahara Castle] fell down, Jyokansai died and Tanbamori returned back to Kuno Castle.

※Kansuke well digged out by Yamamoto Kansuke

Tensho 10 year (1582), when Takada Katsuyori was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, Kuno Castle was attacked by Tokugawa Ieyasu who went to fight in Suruga, Imafuku Tanbamori opened the castle at the end of Siege. The castle was dominated under Ieyasu and he appointed his brother [Matsudaira Yasutoshi] as the castle owner.

Tensho 18 year (1590), when Ieyasu asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi to move to Kanto, Suruga was given to [Nakamura Kazuuji], and Mr. Kazuuji’s vassal [Matsushita Yoshitsuna] was appointed as castle owner. Keicho 5 year (1600), after Tokugawa Ieyasu won Ishida Kazunari, Suruga became the territory of Ieyasu again. [Sakakibara Kiyomasa] was the castle clan of Kuno, and later his son Teruhisa took it over.

After Ieyasu died, Kuno Castle became Tosho Pavilion and Mr, Sakakibara mourned from generation to generation until the end of Shogun. Nowadays, Tosho Pavilion is built on Kuno Castle ruins and it attracts a great number of tourists as the graveyard and shrine of Ieyasu. However, the castle remainings almost have nothing left.