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Le château en bref
Orizu Castle (下津城, Orizu-jō) stood in the Orizu district of Inazawa, in Aichi Prefecture, on a slight terrace rise. Its date of foundation and its builder are unknown. It was the residence of Oda Toshihiro, a member of the Oda family and deputy governor (shugodai) of Owari Province, and the administrative centre of the Shiba family's provincial government in the fifteenth century. By 1466, the site already had gates, streets and towers. In 1476, Oda Toshisada attacked his brother Toshihiro and set the castle on fire; the administrative seat was moved to Kiyosu in 1477. The main enclosure measured about 100 metres on each side, with second and third enclosures presumed to have existed. The site was levelled after 1959, and excavations have been published by the city since 1985. A stone marker, placed on a small rise that may correspond to an earthwork bank, marks the location near Orizu Primary School.