En un regard
Le château en bref
Yokota Castle (横田城, Yokota-jō) is located in the Shinonoi-Ai district of Nagano, on the Kawanakajima plain. This lowland castle (hirajiro) was a fortified residence associated with a village surrounded by moats. It probably dates back to the late Heian period. In 1181, Kiso Yoshinaka used it during his operations against forces loyal to the Taira coming from Echigo, and then as a base from which to march towards Hokuriku. In 1400, Ogasawara Nagahide, governor of Shinano, entrenched himself there during the Battle of Ōtō against the Murakami and their allies. Tradition also places a Takeda commander there during the battles of Kawanakajima. An outer moat traced a quadrilateral of roughly 180 by 230 metres, around a residential enclosure of about 55 metres on each side; a 3-metre embankment survives at the north-western corner, near the Furutono Inari shrine. Designated a municipal historic site on 14 December 1984, it is now incorporated into a residential neighbourhood.