Kutsukakemura Fort
Kutsukakemura-toride is a former fort site in Kutsukake Township, Toyoake Municipality. No ruins remain and the site is now fields. There is a Starbucks surrounded by fields and opposite a large firestation along the Seto-Ôbu East Sea Route (54). Adjacent, in this area where suburban Toyoake gives w
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History
Kutsukakemura-toride ('Kutsukake Village Fort') was built - or re-fortified - by Kondō Kageharu, lord of Kutsukake Castle, in 1560, making it a satellite fortification of Kutsukakejō. Kondō Kageharu was an ally of Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was killed later that year in the battle of Okehazama. The victors from that battle - under Oda Nobunaga - then came down and laid waste to Kutsukake, killing Lord Kageharu and destroying Kutsukakemura-toride.
Tea bowls have been unearthed at the site of the fort, and it is thought that Kutsukakemura-toride existed in some form from the early medieval era. Maybe it was initially a fortification to protect a village. It seems that Kutsukakemura-toride fell out of use after 1560 whilst Kutsukakejō continued to be used until the Edo period.
Field Notes
Kutsukakemura-toride is a former fort site in Kutsukake Township, Toyoake Municipality. No ruins remain and the site is now fields. There is a Starbucks surrounded by fields and opposite a large firestation along the Seto-Ôbu East Sea Route (54). Adjacent, in this area where suburban Toyoake gives way to rice paddies, there is a large tree with a small altar beneath dedicated to Jizō. This is the site of Kutsukakemura-toride. It seems this area is earmarked for further expansion of the built area in the future.
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Kutsukakemura Fort |
| Japanese Name | 沓掛村砦 |
| Founder | Kondō Clan; Kondō Kageharu |
| Year Founded | Early Medieval Era; 1560 |
| Castle Type | Flatland |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Pre Edo Period |
| Features | |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Zengo Station on the Meitetsu-Nagoya Line; 25 minute bus to Kutsukake-shuku; 2 minute walk; or, 20 minute bus to Chūō-Kōen; 10 minute walk |
| Hours | 24/7 free; fields |
| Time Required | 5 minutes |
| Location | Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 35.06093, 137.02213 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2023 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
| Friends of JCastle | |
| Jōkaku Shashin Kiroku | |
| Umoreta Kojō | |
| Aichi Shiro | |
| Shiseki Tanbōki | |
