En un regard
Le château en bref
Kukuri Castle (久々利城, Kukuri-jō) stands in the Kukuri district of Kani, in Gifu Prefecture, on the hills north of the community centre, backed against a mountain 236 metres high. This mountain castle (yamajiro), typical of the Muromachi period, is built on several tiers of defensive terraces. The date of its foundation is unknown; tradition attributes it to Toki Akugorō, and the lineage goes back to Toki Yasusada, who died in 1352, and then to his son Yukiharu, founder of the Kukuri branch. The Kukuri family, a branch of the Toki, resided there for more than two centuries. In 1583, Kukuri Yorioki was killed following a ruse by Mori Nagayoshi, lord of Kanayama, whose troops subsequently took the castle. The site retains terraced enclosures, earthen embankments, cutting ditches, dry and lateral moats, bent-entrance gateways and flanking firing positions. It is one of the largest medieval castles in Kani; its wooded ruins can be visited from the Kukuri community centre.