The ruins of a Sengoku-period castle in Fukui City. Built around 1575 by Shibata Katsuie after he pacified Echizen Province, it was reportedly the most magnificent castle of its time, with a nine-story keep. Defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, Katsuie set fire to the keep and met a heroic end together with Oichi no Kata. Shibata Jinja now stands on the site, and a …
Around 1575 Shibata Katsuie, who had been given Echizen Province by Oda Nobunaga, built Kitanosho Castle — reportedly the largest castle of the age. In 1583 Katsuie was defeated by Hideyoshi at the Battle of Shizugatake and died by his own hand in the castle together with Oichi. Fukui Castle was sub…
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