Moriyama Castle (Owari)

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Le château en bref

On a small rise in Nagoya's Moriyama ward, this now almost vanished castle was the scene of an episode that nearly changed the history of the Tokugawa. In December 1535 Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was camped at Moriyama to attack Oda Nobuhide when he was killed by his own retainer Abe Yashichirō following a misunderstanding. This sudden death, known as the "Moriyama-kuzure" (Moriyama collapse), plunged the Matsudaira clan into a long crisis. The castle then passed to the Oda, several members of Nobunaga's family living or dying there in the mid-16th century. It was a modest site, a platform about 60 by 50 metres. The Hōshō-ji temple settled on part of the site in the 18th century; the rest is largely private. The site features on the historical walking routes offered by the ward.