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Minato Castle

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Minato Castle
湊城
Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Minato Ando clan monument
Minato Castle 湊城 is located in Akita Prefecture
Minato Castle 湊城
Minato Castle
湊城
Minato Castle 湊城 is located in Dewa, Japan
Minato Castle 湊城
Minato Castle
湊城
Minato Castle 湊城 is located in Japan
Minato Castle 湊城
Minato Castle
湊城
Coordinates39°45′27.1″N 140°4′16″E / 39.757528°N 140.07111°E / 39.757528; 140.07111
Typehirayama-style Japanese castle
Site information
Controlled byCity of Akita, Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha
Open to
the public
yes
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built1436 ?
Built byAndo Yasusue ?
In use1436 ?-1604
Battles/warsMinato Disturbance

Minato Castle (湊城, Minato-jō) was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Muromachi period, Minato Castle was home to the Ando clan, daimyō of Akita Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province.[1]

History

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The early history of the castle is shrouded but it might have been constructed by the second of the Minato branch of the Ando family, Ando Yasusue, in 1436. Ando "Big Dipper" Chikasue of the Hiyama Ando went down from Hiyama Castle to Minato Castle uniting the two clan branches.[2] After the Battle of Sekigahara, his son, Akita Sanesue was moved to Shishido, in Hitachi Province, and Satake Yoshinobu of Hitachi was relegated to Minato Castle in 1602. Satake began to build the new Kubota Castle and Minato Castle was abandoned in 1604.[3][4][5]

Access

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The exit station is Tsuchizaki Station (north next of Akita Station).

2-minute walk straight from the exit of the station and you can soon see Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine on your left.

Notes

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  1. ^ "湊城(秋田県秋田市)の見どころ・アクセスなど、お城旅行と歴史観光ガイド | 攻城団(日本全国のお城情報サイト)". 攻城団.
  2. ^ "Andō Chikasue「安東愛季」 | Sengoku Jidai". sengokujidai.org.
  3. ^ "出羽 湊城". 城郭放浪記.
  4. ^ "湊城跡". sitereports.nabunken.go.jp.
  5. ^ "Kubota Castle : A Study of Japanese Bibliography - JapaneseCastle.JP". japanesecastle.jp.

See also

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In this 1596 World map, Port of Akita is described as "Aquita"