Otaya Yakata

Note: only ruins today

History

The Ota-yakata was the fortified residence of the Nishimaki Clan from the Kamakura Period onwards. The Nishimaki were local land-owners. The Ota-yakata had a "凸" layout and was surrouned by dorui (earthen embankments) for protection. During the Sengoku Period the Nishimaki built several mountain castles to retreat to in times of conflict. The closest to Ota-yakata are Azumi Nishimaki Castle, a yamajiro (mountaintop castle) and a satellite fortification known as Kameyama-toride (a "toride" is a small fort) (also Azumi Kameyama Castle). Today the site of the Ota-yakata is farmland and apple orchards.

Field Notes

Note: only ruins today

Gallery

• 
• 
• 
• 

Castle Profile
English Name	Ota Yakata
Japanese Name	於田館
Founder	Nishimaki Clan
Year Founded	Kamakura Period
Castle Type	Fortified Manor
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Artifacts	Dorui
Features
Visitor Information
Access	Hata Station on the Kamikouchi Line; 45 minute walk
Hours	24/7 free; farmland
Time Required	15 minutes
Location	Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture
Coordinates	36.21999, 137.84829
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":36.21999,"lon":137.84829,"icon":"../images/1/1e/Castlemarker.png"}],"imageoverlays":null}
Admin
Added to Jcastle	2020
Contributor	ART
Admin Year Visited	Viewer Contributed

1.00

(one vote)

Loading comments...