The castle that served as the home base of Katakura Kojuro Kagetsuna, a senior retainer of Date Masamune. After Masamune entered Sendai, the Katakura clan moved into Shiroishi Castle as its lords, and it remained the Katakura clan's castle until the end of the Edo period. During the Edo period, even after the Tokugawa shogunate enforced the One Castle per Domain law, Shiroishi Castle was one of th…

The origins of Shiroishi Castle are traced to a fortification built by the Shiroishi clan in the mid-16th century. In 1591, Date Masamune seized control of the Shiroishi region, and his retainers took possession of the castle. In 1602, when Masamune established his base in Sendai, his chief retainer…