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|English Name=
|English Name=Hitachi Yamagata Castle
 
|Japanese Name=常陸山方城
 
|Romaji Name=Hitachi-Yamagatajō
 
|Founder=Yamairi Yoshiaki
 
|Year Founded=Before 1407
Hitachi Yamagata Castle
|Castle Type=Mountaintop
|Japanese Name=
|Castle Condition=Ruins only
常陸山方城
|Historical Period=Pre Edo Period
|Romaji Name=
|Main Keep Structure=Mogi Tenshu
Hitachi-Yamagatajō
|Access=Yamagata-juku Station on the Suigun Line, 20 minute walk
|Alternate Names=
|Visitor Information=9:00 - 4:00
 
|Time Required=30 minutes
|Founder=
|City=Hitachi-Ōmiya
Yamairi Yoshiaki
|Prefecture=Ibaraki Prefecture
|Year Founded=
|GPSLocation=36.63401, 140.39384
Before 1407
|Notes=A mogi-tenshu (mock donjon) serves ostensibly as an observation platform at the castle site today. Whilst not historically accurate, as such a structure never existed at the site, it is built from wood and contains exhibitions, such as weapons, letters and samurai armour. Traces of earthen embankments and moats also remain at the site. Another mountaintop ruin castle, Takadate Castle, is located directly opposite.
|Castle Type=
|History=Yamagata Castle is recorded from 1407 where it appears in records as being the castle of Satake Yoshinori. One idea about the castle’s origin is that Satake Clan vassal Yamairi Yoshiaki established Yamagata Castle after he turned over control of Tanadani Castle to his brother, Yoshibuji. During the Sengoku Period the Higashi clan ruled the castle as the vassals of Daimyō Satake Yoshinobu. They controlled an area of 60,000koku and were the chief vassals of the Satake clan. Yamagata Castle commands a strategic position over surrounding plains and waterways. With the hegemony of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Satake moved to Mito and the Higashi went with them, taking over Takekuma Castle and abandoning Yamagata Castle.
Mountaintop
|Year Visited=Viewer Contributed
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Ruins only
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Pre Edo Period
|Main Keep Structure=
Mogi Tenshu
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|Features=
 
|Access=
 
 
Yamagata-juku Station on the Suigun Line, 20 minute walk
 
 
|Visitor Information=
 
9:00 - 4:00  
 
|Time Required=
30 minutes
|City=
Hitachi-Ōmiya
|Prefecture=
Ibaraki Prefecture
|Notes=
 
 
A mogi-tenshu (mock donjon) serves ostensibly as an observation platform at the castle site today. Whilst not historically accurate, as such a structure never existed at the site, it is built from wood and contains exhibitions, such as weapons, letters and samurai armour. Traces of earthen embankments and moats also remain at the site. Another mountaintop ruin castle, Takadate Castle, is located directly opposite.
 
 
|History=
 
 
Yamagata Castle is recorded from 1407 where it appears in records as being the castle of Satake Yoshinori. One idea about the castle’s origin is that Satake Clan vassal Yamairi Yoshiaki established Yamagata Castle after he turned over control of Tanadani Castle to his brother, Yoshibuji. During the Sengoku Period the Higashi clan ruled the castle as the vassals of Daimyō Satake Yoshinobu. They controlled an area of 60,000koku and were the chief vassals of the Satake clan. Yamagata Castle commands a strategic position over surrounding plains and waterways. With the hegemony of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Satake moved to Mito and the Higashi went with them, taking over Takekuma Castle and abandoning Yamagata Castle.
 
 
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Revision as of 12:31, 18 July 2017

A mogi-tenshu (mock donjon) serves ostensibly as an observation platform at the castle site today. Whilst not historically accurate, as such a structure never existed at the site, it is built from wood and contains exhibitions, such as weapons, letters and samurai armour. Traces of earthen embankmen

Hitachiyamagata1.jpg

History

Yamagata Castle is recorded from 1407 where it appears in records as being the castle of Satake Yoshinori. One idea about the castle’s origin is that Satake Clan vassal Yamairi Yoshiaki established Yamagata Castle after he turned over control of Tanadani Castle to his brother, Yoshibuji. During the Sengoku Period the Higashi clan ruled the castle as the vassals of Daimyō Satake Yoshinobu. They controlled an area of 60,000koku and were the chief vassals of the Satake clan. Yamagata Castle commands a strategic position over surrounding plains and waterways. With the hegemony of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Satake moved to Mito and the Higashi went with them, taking over Takekuma Castle and abandoning Yamagata Castle.


Field Notes

A mogi-tenshu (mock donjon) serves ostensibly as an observation platform at the castle site today. Whilst not historically accurate, as such a structure never existed at the site, it is built from wood and contains exhibitions, such as weapons, letters and samurai armour. Traces of earthen embankments and moats also remain at the site. Another mountaintop ruin castle, Takadate Castle, is located directly opposite.




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Castle Profile
English Name Hitachi Yamagata Castle
Japanese Name 常陸山方城
Founder Yamairi Yoshiaki
Year Founded Before 1407
Castle Type Mountaintop
Castle Condition Ruins only
Historical Period Pre Edo Period
Main Keep Structure Mogi Tenshu
Features
Visitor Information
Access Yamagata-juku Station on the Suigun Line, 20 minute walk
Hours 9:00 - 4:00
Time Required 30 minutes
Location Hitachi-Ōmiya, Ibaraki Prefecture
Coordinates 36.63401, 140.39384
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