Kan'onsaka Castle (Hanishina)

Kan'onsakajō is a small castle remnant in Sakaki Town. The site today is fields and, to the south, housing. The remnants of the castle are centred around a shrine to Inari. Here there is an embankment which was used by the castle as fortified terrain. If one ascends the steps to the shrine up the em

History

Kan'onsakajō was the residence of Murakami Kunikiyo, the son of Murakami Yoshikiyo; it is thought to have measured about 100m². The residence was built in 1583 after Murakami Kunikiyo was dismissed from his post at Kaiźujō (Matsushiro Castle). The site, which used the Maezawa River to the north as a moat, was abandoned after 1600.

Field Notes

Kan'onsakajō is a small castle remnant in Sakaki Town. The site today is fields and, to the south, housing. The remnants of the castle are centred around a shrine to Inari. Here there is an embankment which was used by the castle as fortified terrain. If one ascends the steps to the shrine up the embankment one can find a lonesome segment of dorui (an earthen rampart), actually part of the inari shrine as it has a hokora (mini shrine) atop. Other segments of dorui probably remain adjacent but these mounds were thickly coated in old vines and so I couldn't ascertain their status as ruins. Probably, being next to the confirmed dorui, they are old earthen walls, but with the amount of ropey old plants covering them they could've just've easily been old tractors! Well, I'm sure they were ruins...

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Castle Profile
English Name	Kan'onsaka Castle (Hanishina)
Japanese Name	村上観音坂城
Founder	Murakami Kunikiyo
Year Founded	1583
Castle Type	Fortified Manor
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Artifacts	Dorui
Features
Visitor Information
Access	Tekuno-Sakaki Station on the Shinano Railway; 10 minute walk
Hours	24/7 free; fields
Time Required	20 minutes
Location	Sakaki, Nagano Prefecture
Coordinates	36.44349, 138.19139
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Added to Jcastle	2022
Contributor	ART
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