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Le château en bref
Kunō Castle (久能城), also known as Kunōzan-jō or Kunōji-jō, occupied Mount Kunō in the Negoya district of Suruga Ward in Shizuoka. This mountain fortress (yamajiro) took advantage of a promontory naturally defended by cliffs to the south, ravines to the east and west, and a rocky barrier to the north. It is generally dated to 1568, when Takeda Shingen, during the invasion of Suruga, had the Kunōji temple that occupied the summit relocated. Held by the Takeda, notably by the Imafuku family, it passed to the Tokugawa after 1582. Tokugawa Ieyasu maintained a custodian there; on his death in 1616, he was interred on Mount Kunō, where the Kunōzan Tōshōgū shrine was subsequently established. Enclosures, earthworks and wells survive, but the summit is now occupied chiefly by the shrine buildings. The mountain has been designated a National Historic Site since 17 June 1959, and the site is open to the public under the shrine's arrangements.