Castles in Japan
Every castle, fortress and fortified site listed in Japan: history, building periods, historical figures and breakdown by region.
254 castles listed47 regions400 historical figures
Building periods
Castles built per century
Breakdown of the 238 dated records out of 254, by first known building campaign.Discover
Notable castles in Japan
Fukui · Japan
Château d'Ichijōdani
1471
Sakai · Japan
Château de Maruoka
1576
Chiyoda · Japan
Château d'Edo
1457
Odawara · Japan
Château d'Odawara
XVe siècle
Toyama · Japan
Château de Toyama
1543
Fukuchiyama · Japan
Château de Fukuchiyama
vers 1579
Kishiwada · Japan
Château de Kishiwada
1585-1597 (état moderne)
Asago · Japan
Château de Takeda
1431-1443
Akō · Japan
Château d'Akō
1648-1661
Matsusaka · Japan
Château de Matsusaka
1588
Karatsu · Japan
Château de Karatsu
1602
Saga · Japan
Château de Saga
1608
Historical figures
Historical figures linked to castles in Japan
Oda Nobunaga1555-156320 castlesTokugawa Ieyasu1610-161220 castlesToyotomi Hideyoshi19 castlesTakeda Shingen157310 castlesToyotomi Hidenaga1577-15789 castlesTakeda Katsuyori15757 castlesTōdō Takatora7 castlesDate Masamune15866 castles
Maeda Toshiie6 castles
Uesugi Kagekatsuà partir de 15986 castlesMōri Motonari15235 castlesUesugi Kenshin5 castlesAkechi Mitsuhide1575-15794 castlesHosokawa Tadaoki1600-1632 (remaniement 1603-1620)4 castlesKobayakawa Takakage4 castlesKobori Enshū4 castlesNanbu Toshinaoà partir de 15994 castlesSanada Masayuki15824 castlesSanada Nobuyuki15864 castles
Yūki HideyasuAprès 1590 - 16014 castlesFukushima Masanori1600-16193 castlesGamō Ujisato15913 castlesHonda Tadamasa3 castlesHorio Yoshiharu3 castlesIi Naomasa1590-15983 castlesIkeda Terumasa1590-16003 castlesKatō Yoshiaki3 castlesKikkawa Hiroiejusqu'en 15913 castlesKikkawa Motoharumilieu du XVIe siècle3 castlesKitabatake ChikafusaXIVe siècle3 castlesKuroda Kanbei3 castlesKuroda Nagamasaà partir de 16003 castles
Kusunoki Masashige1332-13333 castlesMatsudaira Kiyoyasu1524-15353 castlesMatsudaira YasushigeÀ partir de 16013 castlesMogami Yoshiaki1546-16143 castlesMōri Terumoto1589-16003 castlesNanbu Nobunao1582-15993 castlesOda Nobuhide1528-v. 15323 castlesSatake Yoshinobudébut du XVIIe siècle3 castlesTakayama Ukon3 castlesTokugawa Hidetada1620-16293 castlesToyotomi Hidetsugu15913 castlesTsugaru Tamenobu3 castlesYamamoto Kansuke3 castles
Ōta Dōkan14573 castlesAmawari14582 castlesAndō ChikasueXVIe siècle2 castlesArima Toyoujià partir de 16212 castlesAsano NagamasaÀ partir de 16062 castlesAsano Naganao1632-16452 castlesAzai Nagamasa1560-15732 castlesDoi ToshikatsuÀ partir de 16332 castlesEnomoto Takeaki1868-18692 castlesFujiwara no HidesatoXe siècle2 castlesGosamaru1440-14582 castlesHashiba Hideyoshi2 castlesHijikata Toshizō18682 castles
Honda Tadakatsuà partir de 15902 castlesHosokawa Takakuniavant 15162 castles
Regions
Castles in Japan by region
Aichi29Hokkaidō14Hyōgo12Hiroshima11Aomori8Okinawa8Mie8Shiga8Iwate7Osaka7Fukushima7Akita6Ibaraki6Ōita6Chiba6Fukui6Gunma6Nagano6Saitama6Shizuoka6Tochigi6Yamagata6Ehime5Fukuoka5Gifu5Miyagi5Shimane5Okayama4Kumamoto4Kyoto4Nagasaki4Niigata4Nara3Saga3Tottori3Yamaguchi3Yamanashi3Ishikawa2Kagawa2Tokyo2Toyama2Wakayama2Kagoshima1Kanagawa1Kōchi1Miyazaki1Tokushima1