- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1394 · 14th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Coordinates
- 35.2170°, 136.8440°
History
Tradition holds that Shiba Yoshishige, governor of Owari Province, built a stronghold at Kiyosu in the early 15th century, and by the end of that century it had become the seat of the provincial government. In 1555 the young Oda Nobunaga seized the castle and made it his base; from here he set out for Okehazama in 1560, and in 1562 he sealed an alliance with Tokugawa Ieyasu here. After Nobunaga's death in 1582 his generals met at the castle to settle the succession of the Oda house. Nobunaga's son Oda Nobukatsu enlarged the fortress and gave it a keep. In 1610 Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the town and the seat of government moved to the new Nagoya Castle, and Kiyosu was dismantled.
What to see
The present keep, built in concrete in 1989 on the south bank of the Gojō, is not a faithful copy of the old one, but it captures the feel of castles from Nobunaga's time. Inside is an exhibition on the Oda clan with replica armour and documents, and the top floor looks out over Nagoya and the Nōbi plain. A red bridge leads to the keep, and across the river, in a park on the site of the old castle, stands a statue of Nobunaga.
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