Maruoka Castle (丸岡城 Maruoka-jō) is a hilltop castle located in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. It is famous for its wooden main keep, one of Japan's oldest original castle towers.
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When Oda Nobunaga captured the nearby temple of Hakusan Hougenji in 1575 to thwart further uprisings of the Ikkō Ikki in Echizen, he ordered Shibata Katsutoyo (柴田勝豊, 1556-1583) to build a castle in Toyohara. Katsutoyo was the...
Maruoka Castle
When Oda Nobunaga captured the nearby temple of Hakusan Hougenji in 1575 to thwart further uprisings of the Ikkō Ikki in Echizen, he ordered Shibata Katsutoyo (柴田勝豊, 1556-1583) to build a castle in Toyohara. Katsutoyo was the...
Maruoka Castle