Tanigadou Castle (Yamashiro)

I visited this site after going to Suzumushidera ('Temple of the Bell Crickets'), which is nearby. The site of Taniǵadōjō is situated above the temple Taniǵadō-Saifukuji. Since the map I was following indicated only the temple I thought I could quickly come here before dark, but once I got there I n

History

Unknown. Possibly a satellite fort of Minegadou Castle.

Field Notes

I visited this site after going to Suzumushidera ('Temple of the Bell Crickets'), which is nearby. The site of Taniǵadōjō is situated above the temple Taniǵadō-Saifukuji. Since the map I was following indicated only the temple I thought I could quickly come here before dark, but once I got there I noted the hill behind the temple and got the strong suspicion that the mount had been fortified. Even though the sun was fast slipping behind the horizon, I found a path up the hill from the temple which climbed through a bamboo grove. The top of the hill had been flattened, indicative of a fort's bailey, and there was some terracing beneath, and so I am left to conclude that these are the remains of Taniǵadōjō.

Loading map...

{"format":"leaflet","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"limit":500,"offset":0,"link":"all","sort":["order"],"order":[],"headers":"show","mainlabel":"","intro":"","outro":"","searchlabel":"... further results","default":"","import-annotation":false,"width":"auto","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"Darkred18.png","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":false,"defzoom":14,"layers":["Esri.WorldTopoMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","showtitle":false,"hidenamespace":true,"template":"InfoWindowProfile","userparam":"","activeicon":"","pagelabel":false,"ajaxcoordproperty":"","ajaxquery":"","locations":[{"text":"\u003Cdiv style=\"width:150px\"\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/view/File:YamashiroTanigadoujou_(1).JPG\" class=\"image\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"YamashiroTanigadoujou (1).JPG\" src=\"../images/thumb/7/77/YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG/125px-YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"../images/thumb/7/77/YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG/188px-YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG 1.5x, ../images/thumb/7/77/YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG/250px-YamashiroTanigadoujou_%281%29.JPG 2x\" data-file-width=\"1500\" data-file-height=\"1125\" /\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C!--MW-PAGEIMAGES-CANDIDATE-0--\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003C/div\u003E","title":"","link":"","lat":34.99463,"lon":135.68599,"icon":"../images/0/06/Darkred18.png"}],"imageLayers":[]}

Gallery

• 

  Main Bailey

Castle Profile
English Name	Tanigadou Castle (Yamashiro)
Japanese Name	山城谷ヶ堂城
Founder	???
Year Founded	???
Castle Type	Mountaintop
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Artifacts	Kuruwa, Koshikuruwa
Features
Visitor Information
Access	Kami-Katsura Station on the Hankyū-Arashiyama Line; 16 minute walk to trail head behind Tanigadō-Saifukuji; or, bus to Matsumuro Kawarachō; 5 minute walk
Hours	24/7 free; mountain
Time Required	20 minutes
Location	Kyoto, Kyoto
Coordinates	34.99463, 135.68599
Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"200px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"Castlemarker.png","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":6,"defzoom":14,"layers":["CartoDB.Positron"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":34.99463,"lon":135.68599,"icon":"../images/1/1e/Castlemarker.png"}],"imageoverlays":null}
Admin
Added to Jcastle	2022
Contributor	ART
Admin Year Visited	Viewer Contributed

1.00

(one vote)

Loading comments...