Tochio Castle | |
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栃尾城 | |
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan | |
Type | Mountaintop castle |
Site information | |
Owner | Uesugi clan |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 15C |
Built by | ? |
Demolished | 1610 |
Events |
Siege of Tochio Siege of Otate |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Uesugi Kenshin, Honjō Saneyori, Honjō Hidetsuna |
Tochio Castle (栃尾城, Iino-jō) was a castle structure in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. [1] The site is located on a 227-meter mountain. [2] Young Uesugi Kenshin spent five years in the castle. [3] [4]
The exact date of the castle's foundation is unknown but built in the Muromachi period. In 1543, Uesugi Kenshin left Kasugayama Castle and entered the castle as a joint commander by Nagao Harukage`s order. [4]
In 1544, Kenshin made his first battle against local lords opposed to the Nagao clan in the castle and broke the siege. [5]
In 1548, Kenshin returned to Kasugayama Castle as a feudal lord of the Nagao clan. [6] The castle is now only ruins, with some earthenwalls, well and moats. [4] Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Site. [4]