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[Castle name]
Tezutsu mountain castle
The castle on which Nobunaga Oda’s Asukura attacked the castle with Kanagasaki castle

[Explanation]
It is a mountaintop castle on the Tezutsu mountain of Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture.
It played a role as a castle for “Kanagasaki Castle” of Asakura clan connected at the mountain ridge.

The exact time of construction is unknown, but it is stated as Ashikaga clan built a castle to start attacking “Nitta Yoshisada” based on Kanagasaki Castle. First year of Genki Era (1570) April, Oda Nobunaga carried out asakura attack by a large army including the army of Ieyasu Tokugawa, and the forefront of the attack was the Tezutsu mountain castle of Asakura, and the castle keeper was “Terada Unemese”.

Tezutsu mountain castle was naturally hard to penetrate so it became a great fierce battle, but the Oda’s large army finally succeeded in capturing this castle then entered the attack of Kanagasaki castle from behind. At this time, “Azai Nagamase” of North allied with the Oda family suddenly turned the opposition to Nobunaga and entered the position to pinch the Oda army with Asakura Yoshikage.

Nobunaga, who took notice of this move as soon as possible, retired to Kyoto with a few soldiers and took a break. Since then, a fierce battle by Asakura-Asai army and Oda • Tokugawa army forces will last for several years.

In addition, it is believed that Tezutsu Mountain Castle became abandoned after this fight. The current castle ruins are being used as park (Kanegasaki Park), and remains such as man-made water channel and watchtowers remains.

[Address,access]
Izumi Mountain (Kanegasaki Park) in Tsuruga City Fukui Prefecture 914-0071

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