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|English Name=Mountaintop Castles
|English Name=Mountaintop Castles
|Japanese Name=山城
|Japanese Name=山城
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|Description=Mountaintop Castles were the predominant castle type prior to the Edo Period and most common during the Sengoku Period.  During the more peaceful times they were often used as a lookout point or relay point for smoke signals and to watch major roads into one's territory. People typically did not live in Sengoku Period mountaintop castles.  Logistically they were not well suitable for governing or living so lord's would often have a fortified home in a more reasonable location with one or more nearby mountaintop castles where the lord and his family and retainers could flee to during times of unrest. 
The common features of mountaintop castles are trenches and ditches of various types used to impede the movement of attackers and create lines of fire to more easily shoot arrows at the attackers. Mountaintop Castles may have also used some earthen embankments to create barriers around baileys and they would have also carved the mountainsides to make them more steep (kirigishi). Stonework was mostly used to shore up the sides of baileys to create more open spaces and prevent erosion until the castles of the latter Sengoku Period when Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi started building mountain castles with much more stonework. Their power struggles mostly focused on central and western so that is where you see the most Sengoku Period mountaintop castle stonework. The Nagano area also has some fascinating stonework at mountaintop castles, that developed independently from the Nobunaga-Hideyoshi influence.
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 10 July 2017

Mountaintop Castles / 山城

This is a subtype of Castle Type

Mountaintop Castles were the predominant castle type prior to the Edo Period and most common during the Sengoku Period. During the more peaceful times they were often used as a lookout point or relay point for smoke signals and to watch major roads into one's territory. People typically did not live in Sengoku Period mountaintop castles. Logistically they were not well suitable for governing or living so lord's would often have a fortified home in a more reasonable location with one or more nearby mountaintop castles where the lord and his family and retainers could flee to during times of unrest.

The common features of mountaintop castles are trenches and ditches of various types used to impede the movement of attackers and create lines of fire to more easily shoot arrows at the attackers. Mountaintop Castles may have also used some earthen embankments to create barriers around baileys and they would have also carved the mountainsides to make them more steep (kirigishi). Stonework was mostly used to shore up the sides of baileys to create more open spaces and prevent erosion until the castles of the latter Sengoku Period when Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi started building mountain castles with much more stonework. Their power struggles mostly focused on central and western so that is where you see the most Sengoku Period mountaintop castle stonework. The Nagano area also has some fascinating stonework at mountaintop castles, that developed independently from the Nobunaga-Hideyoshi influence.

Castles with Mountaintop Castles
  1. Ahoyama Castle
  2. Aimiyamamonomi Fort
  3. Akaiwa Castle
  4. Akechi Castle
  5. Akechi Osayama Castle
  6. Akiba Fort (Azumi)
  7. Akiba Fort (Ina)
  8. Akiyoshi Fort
  9. Akozu Castle
  10. Akutagawasan Castle
  11. Amabiki Castle
  12. Amaga Castle
  13. Amagata Castle
  14. Amanari Castle
  15. Ametoya Castle
  16. Amidagamine Castle (Yamashiro)
  17. Aoiyama Castle
  18. Aoki Castle (Azumi)
  19. Aoyagi Castle
  20. Aoyama Castle
  21. Aoyama Castle (Nagato)
  22. Ara Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  23. Araihara Castle
  24. Arashi Castle
  25. Arato Castle
  26. Aratoshou Castle
  27. Arayama Castle
  28. Arikoyama Castle
  29. Aruga Castle
  30. Asaba Castle
  31. Asahi Castle (Chikuma)
  32. Asahi Castle (Minochi)
  33. Asahi Castle (Owari)
  34. Asahiyama Castle
  35. Asahiyama Castle (Kai)
  36. Asaka Castle (Chikuma)
  37. Ashigara Castle
  38. Asou Castle (Mikawa)
  39. Asouko Castle (Mikawa)
  40. Asuke Castle
  41. Atagoyama Noroshidai
  42. Aya Castle
  43. Ayukawa Castle (Koka)
  44. Baba Noroshidai
  45. Banba Castle
  46. Besshoyama Fort
  47. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle
  48. Bodaiyama Castle
  49. Busetsu Castle
  50. Chausudate
  51. Chausuyama Castle (Chikuma)
  52. Chausuyama Castle (Nukata)
  53. Chausuyama Castle (Shinano)
  54. Chausuyama Fort
  55. Chifuruya Castle (Sanada)
  56. Chihaya Castle
  57. Chikaoka Castle
  58. Chikatou Fort
  59. Chikuma Goten'yama Castle
  60. Chikusa Castle
  61. Chinen Castle
  62. Choukokuji Fort
  63. Daikan'yama Fort
  64. Daikan'yashiki Castle
  65. Daikannon Castle
  66. Daita Castle
  67. Damine Castle
  68. Deura Castle
  69. Do Castle (Mikawa)
  70. Dodo Fort
  71. Dogiyama Fort
  72. Dokanyama
  73. Dokyou Castle
  74. Dota Castle (Mino)
  75. Dousawa Fort
  76. Eboshigata Castle
  77. Echizen Ohno Castle
  78. Egawa Fort
  79. Enryakuji
  80. Enryakuji Amidadou Fort
  81. Enryakuji Higashitani Fort
  82. Enryakuji Joudoin Fort
  83. Enryakuji Kitatani Fort
  84. Enryakuji Monjurou Fort
  85. Enryakuji Nishitani Fort
  86. Enryakuji Shakadou Fort
  87. Fujikawa Castle (Mikawa)
  88. Fukayama Castle (Suruga)
  89. Fukigabora Castle
  90. Fukuju Fort (Odani Castle)
  91. Fukurouga Castle
  92. Fukushima Castle (Kiso)
  93. Fukutake Castle (Chikuzen)
  94. Fumimichi Castle
  95. Funagatayama Castle
  96. Funaoka Castle
  97. Funaokayama Castle
  98. Funayama Castle
  99. Funayama Castle (Mikawa)
  100. Furujiro Fort
  101. Furujouyama Castle (Hanishina)
  102. Fusou Castle (Mikawa)
  103. Fusumada Castle
  104. Futae Castle (Azumi)
  105. Futamata Castle
  106. Futoge Castle
  107. Futoh'yama Castle
  108. Futsukamachi Castle
  109. Gakiyama Noroshidai
  110. Ganjaku Castle
  111. Ganryakuji Castle
  112. Garyuzan Castle
  113. Gassan Toda Castle
  114. Genbao Castle
  115. Gentairi Castle
  116. Gifu Castle
  117. Gobara Castle
  118. Gokan Castle
  119. Goma Nakamura Castle
  120. Gongen'yama Castle (Mino)
  121. Goryu Castle
  122. Gouda Fort
  123. Goudo Noroshidai
  124. Gujo Hachiman Castle
  125. Habu Castle
  126. Hachikenchōja Castle
  127. Hachiman'yama Castle (Tanba)
  128. Hachioji Castle
  129. Hadanashi Castle
  130. Hadanashiyama Castle
  131. Haga Castle
  132. Hagikura Fort
  133. Haibara Castle
  134. Haiyama Castle
  135. Hakii Castle
  136. Hakota Castle (Kozuke)
  137. Hakoyama Castle (Takai)
  138. Hakusan Castle
  139. Hakusan Castle (Harima)
  140. Hamada Castle
  141. Hanagoya Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  142. Hanaoka Castle (Azumi)
  143. Hanaoka Castle (Saku)
  144. Hanasaki Castle (Tsuru)
  145. Hanazono Castle
  146. Hanazono Mitake Castle
  147. Haneo Castle
  148. Hannyaji Castle
  149. Haruyamako Castle
  150. Haruyamaoh Castle
  151. Hasedo Castle
  152. Hatayama Castle
  153. Hatsuzawa Castle
  154. Hayaotoshi Castle
  155. Hayashikojo Castle
  156. Hayashiohjo Castle
  157. Hayashitaniyama Fort
  158. Hekitani Castle
  159. Hieinoyama Fort
  160. Higashi Goma Castle
  161. Higashijou Castle (Chikuma)
  162. Hijika Castle
  163. Hijiyama Castle (Iga)
  164. Hikaru Castle
  165. Hiki Castle
  166. Hikida Castle
  167. Hime Castle (Chikuma)
  168. Hime Castle (Hanishina)
  169. Himega Castle (Mikawa)
  170. Hinohara Castle
  171. Hirai Kanayama Castle
  172. Hirakura Castle
  173. Hirase Castle
  174. Hirase Kitano Castle
  175. Hirase Noroshidai
  176. Hirose Castle (Hida)
  177. Hisawa Castle
  178. Hishakuyama Castle
  179. Hitomoshi Castle (Saku)
  180. Hitomoshiyama Fort (Suwa)
  181. Hiyama Castle
  182. Hokkyu Castle
  183. Honjin'yama Castle (Mino)
  184. Hoshigasaki Castle
  185. Hoshina Maenoyama Fort
  186. Hoshiyamako Castle
  187. Hosokawagonsui Castle
  188. Hosokawashiroyama Castle
  189. Hourinji Castle
  190. Houshouji Fort
  191. Hyakusaiji Castle
  192. Ibarayama Castle
  193. Ibayama Castle
  194. Ibi Castle
  195. Ibuka Castle
  196. Ichigousan Castle
  197. Ichijodani Castle
  198. Ichijodani Kojo Castle
  199. Ichijodaniyama Castle
  200. Ichijojiyama Castle
  201. Ichinodaira Castle (Ina)
  202. Ichinomiya Castle
  203. Iden Castle
  204. Iida Castle (Azumi)
  205. Iida Castle (Totomi)
  206. Iidako Castle (Totomi)
  207. Iimori Castle
  208. Iimori Castle (Azumi)
  209. Iimoriyama Castle (Asuke)
  210. Iinawa Castle
  211. Iinoya Castle
  212. Iizuna Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  213. Ikeda Castle (Mino)
  214. Ikoyama Castle
  215. Ima Castle (Mino)
  216. Imaichikami Fort
  217. Imori Castle (Suwa)
  218. Inaniwa Castle
  219. Inariyama Castle (Saku)
  220. Inokura Castle
  221. Inoue Castle
  222. Inukai Castle
  223. Ioto Castle
  224. Iouji Fort
  225. Ioyama Castle
  226. Iroganeyama Fort
  227. Isezaki Castle (Sanada)
  228. Ishibayama Castle (Omi)
  229. Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle
  230. Ishimakiyama Castle
  231. Ishimura Castle
  232. Isobe Castle
  233. Isshiki Castle (Chita)
  234. Itagakiyama Noroshidai
  235. Iwabitsu Castle
  236. Iwadono Castle
  237. Iwahara Castle (Azumi)
  238. Iwakiri Castle
  239. Iwakuni Castle
  240. Iwakura Castle
  241. Iwakura Castle (Mikawa)
  242. Iwakuratouge Castle (Mikawa)
  243. Iwamura Castle
  244. Iwasaki Castle (Hanishina)
  245. Iwasakiyama Fort
  246. Iwaseyama Castle
  247. Iwaya Castle
  248. Iwazu Castle
  249. Izaki Castle
  250. Jikouin Fort
  251. Jinbagahara Castle
  252. Jinnoya Castle (Mikawa)
  253. Jofukuji Castle
  254. Jouhikage Fort
  255. Joumineyama Castle
  256. Juuouzan Fort
  257. Kabuto Castle
  258. Kaesa Castle
  259. Kagamiyama Fort
  260. Kagikakemonomi Fort
  261. Kagohana Fort
  262. Kaguraoka Castle
  263. Kaize Castle (Saku)
  264. Kake Castle (Nukata)
  265. Kakebora Castle
  266. Kakegawako Castle
  267. Kakiage Castle (Chikuma)
  268. Kakizaki Castle
  269. Kakunodate Castle
  270. Kamagatake Castle
  271. Kamaha Castle
  272. Kamei Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  273. Kameyama Castle (Kii)
  274. Kami Castle (Suwa)
  275. Kamigishimoto Castle (Omi)
  276. Kamitohno Castle
  277. Kamogatake Castle
  278. Kamomegasaki Battery (Obama Domain)
  279. Kanaiyama Castle
  280. Kanao Yogaisan Castle
  281. Kanayama Castle
  282. Kanayama Castle (Echigo)
  283. Kanbara Castle
  284. Kanbayashi Castle
  285. Kanegasaki Castle
  286. Kaneyama Castle (Mino)
  287. Kaneyama Castle (Mutsu)
  288. Kanmuriyama Castle (Bitchu)
  289. Kannonji Castle
  290. Kannosan Castle
  291. Karakai Castle
  292. Karasaki Castle
  293. Karasawayama Castle
  294. Karasuyama Castle
  295. Karatoriya Castle
  296. Karidako Castle
  297. Karidaoh Castle
  298. Kariyahara Castle
  299. Kasama Castle
  300. Kasane Castle
  301. Kaseyama Castle
  302. Kashiwadaniyama Fort
  303. Kashiwayama Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  304. Kasugayama Castle
  305. Kasumi Castle
  306. Katsumata Castle
  307. Katsunuma Castle
  308. Katsurao Castle (Hanishina)
  309. Katsurayama Castle
  310. Katsuren Castle
  311. Katsuyama Castle (Echigo)
  312. Katsuyama Castle (Nagato)
  313. Katsuyama Castle (Tsuru)
  314. Kattori Castle (Chikuma)
  315. Kawajiri Castle
  316. Kawamura Castle
  317. Kawanoe Castle
  318. Kazurayama Castle
  319. Keirozan Castle
  320. Kemi Castle (Chiisagata)
  321. Kemi Castle (Chikuma)
  322. Kemurino Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  323. Kesadaira Castle
  324. Kibune Castle
  325. Kibyu Castle
  326. Kikuchi Castle
  327. Kinojo
  328. Kinzan Castle
  329. Kirarazaka Castle
  330. Kiridouzan Noroshidai
  331. Kirihara Castle
  332. Kiriyama Castle
  333. Kissatsu Castle
  334. Kita Tsuda Castle
  335. Kita Wakamiko Castle
  336. Kitabatakeshi Yakata Tsumenoshiro
  337. Kitagata Castle (Ibi)
  338. Kitanosho Castle (Omi)
  339. Kitasudayama Castle (Omi)
  340. Kizu Castle
  341. Kobushi Castle (Tsuru)
  342. Kodera Castle (Mino)
  343. Kogamine Castle (Kyoto)
  344. Kogane Castle (Mikawa)
  345. Kohyama Castle
  346. Koiwatake Castle
  347. Kojima Castle (Hida)
  348. Kokururi Castle
  349. Kokuzousan Castle (Aida)
  350. Kokuzousan Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  351. Kokuzousan Noroshidai
  352. Kokuzousanminami Fort (Aida)
  353. Kokuzousannanseioneno Castle (Aida)
  354. Kokuzousannishi Fort (Aida)
  355. Komaki Castle
  356. Komaki Castle (Chiisagata)
  357. Komakijou Ohte Fort
  358. Komakikamino Castle (Chiisagata)
  359. Komaruyama Castle (Kiso)
  360. Komaruyama Fort (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  361. Komasawa Castle
  362. Komatsu Castle (Sagami)
  363. Komatsuyama Noroshidai
  364. Komihanachi Castle
  365. Konishi Castle (Ina)
  366. Konosumiyama Castle
  367. Koori Nishiyama Castle
  368. Koraku Castle
  369. Korin Castle (Ina)
  370. Koriyama Castle (Hiroshima)
  371. Kosema Castle
  372. Koshibami Castle
  373. Koshigoe Castle
  374. Koshikou Castle (Chikuma)
  375. Kosuge Castle
  376. Koteshiro Fort
  377. Koujin'o Castle
  378. Koujin'yama Castle (Ina)
  379. Koujin'yama Noroshidai
  380. Koumyo Castle
  381. Kounomine Castle
  382. Kouyama Castle (Bingo)
  383. Kouyama Castle (Nagato)
  384. Koya Castle
  385. Koya Castle (Chikuma)
  386. Koyaba Castle
  387. Kozubeta Castle
  388. Kozutsumi Castle
  389. Kubo Castle (Mikawa)
  390. Kubodera Castle
  391. Kuboe Castle (Omi)
  392. Kuboyashikishi Castle (Koka)
  393. Kukuri Castle
  394. Kukyudaira Castle (Mikawa)
  395. Kuma Castle
  396. Kumagawa Castle
  397. Kuniyoshi Castle
  398. Kunou Castle
  399. Kurahone Castle
  400. Kurobane Castle
  401. Kuroi Castle
  402. Kurokawashi Castle (Koka)
  403. Kuruma Castle
  404. Kuruma Castle (Hanishina)
  405. Kurumayama Castle (Hanishina)
  406. Kururi Castle
  407. Kuwabara Castle
  408. Kuwagatahara Noroshidai
  409. Maenoyama Noroshidai
  410. Magome Castle
  411. Majino Castle (Kai)
  412. Manago Castle
  413. Mariko Castle
  414. Marikoyama Fort
  415. Marune Fort
  416. Maruyama Fort (Ina)
  417. Maruyama Noroshidai (Suwa)
  418. Maruyama Noutou Castle
  419. Masugata Castle (Minochi)
  420. Masugata Castle (Musashi)
  421. Masugata Castle (Takai)
  422. Masugatayama Castle
  423. Matsudai Castle (Echigo)
  424. Matsudaira Castle
  425. Matsugasaki Castle (Yamashiro)
  426. Matsuida Castle
  427. Matsukura Castle
  428. Matsumoto Castle (Ise)
  429. Matsuo Castle
  430. Matsuoyama Castle
  431. Matsuyama Castle (Gunma)
  432. Meiseireijin Fort
  433. Michibayashi Fort
  434. Michikusa Fort
  435. Miharu Castle
  436. Mikka Castle (Minochi)
  437. Mikkaichiba Castle
  438. Mikoshiyama Castle
  439. Mikumo Castle (Koka)
  440. Minagawa Castle
  441. Minakuchi Okayama Castle
  442. Minami Hatta Castle
  443. Minami Majino Castle
  444. Minami Tsuda Castle
  445. Minami Wakamiko Castle
  446. Minegadou Castle
  447. Misaka Castle
  448. Misayama Castle
  449. Mitake Castle (Kai)
  450. Miyahara Castle
  451. Miyaishi Castle
  452. Miyanoue Castle (Saku)
  453. Mizotani Fort
  454. Mizuban Castle
  455. Mochikoshi Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  456. Mochizuki Castle (Koka)
  457. Mochizuki Castle (Saku)
  458. Mochizukishi Castle (Koka)
  459. Moji Castle
  460. Monjuyama Castle
  461. Monomi Castle (Murakami Clan Fort Network)
  462. Moriyama Castle
  463. Moriyama Castle (Izu)
  464. Motai Castle (Hanishina)
  465. Moto Castle (Chikuma)
  466. Motodoriyama Castle
  467. Motodoriyamako Castle
  468. Motosu Castle
  469. Motoyama Castle (Chikuma)
  470. Mukaihaguroyama Castle
  471. Mumo Castle
  472. Myodaiji Castle
  473. Myogi Castle
  474. Myogiyama Noroshidai
  475. Nabekura Castle
  476. Nabeyamajou Fort
  477. Naegi Castle
  478. Nagabayashi Fort
  479. Nagaikeyama Fort
  480. Nagakubo Castle
  481. Nagamine Fort
  482. Nagasawa Daikakuji Castle
  483. Nagaune Fort
  484. Nagayama Castle (Ina)
  485. Nagayama Castle (Suo)
  486. Nagurumi Castle
  487. Nakaara Castle
  488. Nakagusuku Castle
  489. Nakahokkyu Castle
  490. Nakajima Castle (Azumi)
  491. Nakajouikenotaira Fort
  492. Nakamura Castle (Azumi)
  493. Nakano Castle (Chiisagata)
  494. Nakano Castle (Kai)
  495. Nakano Castle (Motosu)
  496. Nakanojin Castle
  497. Nakanomiyama Castle
  498. Nakao Castle (Chiisagata)
  499. Nakao Castle (Yamashiro)
  500. Nakataniyama Fort
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