En un regard
Le château en bref
Mochifune Castle (持舟城), also called Mochimune-jō, is located in Mochimune-Shiroyama-chō, Suruga Ward, Shizuoka, about 500 metres north of Mochimune Station. This mountain castle (yamajiro) overlooks the surrounding area from a height of about 70 metres. It is attributed to Ichinomiya Motozane, a vassal of the Imagawa, during the Tenbun era (1532–1555). After Takeda Shingen invaded Suruga in 1568, the castle passed to the Takeda, and Miura Yoshikane held it with a garrison. Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked it in 1579; Takeda Katsuyori reinforced it in 1580 and placed Asahina Ujihide in command, but a renewed Tokugawa attack led to its fall and subsequent abandonment. The site retains terraces, embankments, a well, a stele and a substantial cut ditch; masonry is visible but its dating is uncertain. The ruins are reached by a flight of steps, and a former religious building occupies the main enclosure.