Ueda Castle

This was a great castle to visit. The large tough gate flanked by 2 yagura is quite impressive. There is also a well on the temple grounds that also supposedly hid a secret passage out to the north of the castle.

History

Sanada Masayuki built Ueda Castle in 1583. In 1585 and 1600 he turned back two attacks by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Before the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Sanada met the forces of Tokugawa Hidetada at Ueda Castle. He repelled the 38,000 warriors of the Tokugawa with only 2500 castle defenders. The castle town was very well planned and the castle deftly made use of the rivers and landscape for its defense. This battle sufficiently delayed Hidetada so that he didn't arrive in time for the battle of Sekigahara.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, Ueda Castle was given over to Sanada Nobuyuki who was ordered to destroy it by the Tokugawa. He razed the castle and moved to Matsushiro Castle. Sengoku Tadamasa started rebuilding Ueda Castle in 1622. He redug the moat and started restoring the Honmaru and Ninomaru before he died. His work was not continued after his death, but the structures you see today date to this time period.

The North, South and West yagura are all original.

Field Notes

This was a great castle to visit. The large tough gate flanked by 2 yagura is quite impressive. There is also a well on the temple grounds that also supposedly hid a secret passage out to the north of the castle.

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Gallery

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  reconstructued gate and yagura
• 

  South Yagura
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  yaguramon gate
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  south yagura and yaguramon gate
• 

  inside of North Yagura
• 

  north yagura
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  north yagura
• 

  nishi yagura
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  nishi yagura and stone walls
• 

  honmaru moat
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  honmaru moat
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  dry moat
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  map
• 

  gate to the lord's palace.
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  moat
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  stone walls

Castle Profile
English Name	Ueda Castle
Japanese Name	上田城
Alternate Names	Amagafuchi-jo, Isesaki-jo, Matsuo-jo, Sanada-jo
Founder	Sanada Masayuki
Year Founded	1583
Castle Type	Flatland
Castle Condition	No main keep but other buildings
Designations	Top 100 Castles, National Historic Site
Historical Period	Edo Period
Features	gates, turrets, trenches, stone walls, walls
Visitor Information
Access	Ueda Sta. (Nagano Shinkansen, 15 min walk)
Hours
Time Required
URL	Castle Website
Location	Ueda, Nagano Prefecture
Coordinates	36.404, 138.24472
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Admin
Added to Jcastle	2008
Contributor	Eric
Admin Year Visited	2008, 2009, 2016
Admin Visits	October 16, 2008; April 4, 2009

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