List of foreign-style castles in Japan

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This is a list of foreign-style castles in Japan. In Japan, the word '城(shiro) has broader meanings than western world, so this list includes the buildings near to fortresses.

Korean style castles[]

See also: Korean-style fortresses in Japan
Castle[1] Image Location First Built Type Status
Mizuki Castle Ruins of Mizuki.jpg Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture 663 Korean style defensive wall? Ruins
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture? 665 Korean-style fortress unknown location
Ōno Castle Hyakken-Ishigaki stone wall (one of the Onojo-Castle ruins).jpg Ōnojō, Fukuoka Prefecture 665 Korean-style fortress Ruins
Kii Castle 基肄城 水門.JPG Kiyama, Saga Prefecture 665 Korean-style fortress Ruins
Takayasu-no-ki, souko-soseki-3.jpg Heguri, Nara Prefecture 667 Korean-style fortress Ruins
2016-03-22 001 北側.JPG Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture 667 Korean-style fortress Ruins,restored stonewall
Kaneda Castle Kanata Castle, Ichii-no-Kido, haridashi-1.jpg Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture 667 Korean-style fortress Ruins
Kikuchi Castle Kukuchi-jyou.jpg Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture 698 Korean-style fortress Partially reconstructed
unknown 699 Korean-style fortress unknown location
unknown 699 Korean-style fortress unknown location
Takashima, Shiga Prefecture? 672 Korean-style fortress? unknown location
Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture? 719 Korean-style fortress unknown location
Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture? 719 Korean-style fortress unknown location
Harima Kinoyama Castle, sekirui.jpg Tatsuno, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Omeguri Komeguri Sanjo-ato, Ichi-no-kido-1-2.jpg Okayama, Okayama Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Ki Castle Kinojo, enkei-2.jpg Souja, Okayama Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Partially reconstructed
Iwakisan Kōgoishi East sluice 01.JPG Hikari, Yamaguchi prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Kiyama Castle (Sanuki), Suimon.jpg Sakaide, Kagawa prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Einosan Castle, resseki-north.jpg Saijō, Ehime Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
鹿毛馬 神籠石 列石.jpg Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Raizan Castle, Kita-suimon-1.jpg Itoshima, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Kourasan Kougoishi-1.JPG Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Zoyama Castle, resseki.jpg Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Miyako, Fukuoka Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Kōge, Fukuoka prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Saga, Saga prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins
Otuboyama Kogoishi first water gate from side.jpg Takeo, Saga, Saga Prefecture unknown Kōgoishi Ruins

Chinese style castle[]

Castle Image Location First Built Type Status
Itojyo 01.jpg Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture 756-768[2][3] Chinese style fortress[4] Ruins

Portuguese style castle[]

Castle Location First Built Type Status
Fortified City of Nagasaki Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture 1580? Citadel Possible ruins remains[5]

Dutch style castle[]

Castle Location First Built Type Status
Hokuto, Hokkaido 1855 Dutch style Bastion fort[6] Ruins

French style castles[]

French style bastion fort[]

Castle Image Location First Built Type Status
Goryōkaku Hakodate Goryokaku Panorama 1.JPG Hakodate, Hokkaido 1855 Vauban style star fort[7] Reconstructed
Tatsuoka Castle 龍岡城.jpg Saku, Nagano Prefecture 1864-1867 Vauban style star fort[8] One Building remains
Shiryōkaku Shiryoukaku004.jpg Hakodate, Hokkaido 1869 French style bastion fort[9] Ruins
Nanae, Hokkaido ? French style bastion fort[9] Ruins

Japanese castles with French-style buildings[]

Castle Image Location First Built westernized Remaining French-style building
Shibata Castle 160717 White wall barracks archives museum of public relations Shibata Niigata pref Japan01s3.jpg Shibata, Niigata Prefecture Kamakura period Meiji period barracks[10]
Nagoya Castle Barracks of the 6th Infantry Regiment 2014 Museum Meiji Mura.jpg Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Sengoku period Meiji period barracks (relocated to Meiji-mura)[11]

English style castle[]

Japanese castles with English-style buildings[]

Castle Image Location First Built westernized Remaining English style buildings
Osaka Castle HeadQuarter4thDiv-Osaka.jpg Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 1583 Meiji period headquarters of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army
(now Miraiza Osaka-jo)[13]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 向井一雄 & 2017年, p. 211.
  2. ^ 怡土城跡（平凡社） 2004.
  3. ^ 国指定史跡怡土城跡 2006, pp. 6–12.
  4. ^ 怡土城跡（糸島市ホームページ）。
  5. ^ 起源は16世紀後半の城塞？　長崎学研究所・赤瀬所長　県庁跡地一帯の石垣研究 長崎新聞、2019-02-17
  6. ^ 北斗にまたたく星の城 道南ブロック博物館施設等連絡協議会ブログ
  7. ^ "城巡りが１０倍楽しくなる おもしろ探訪 日本の城 pp.69-70". 扶桑社. June 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  8. ^ もう一つの五稜郭！長野県の『龍岡城五稜郭』を訪ねてみた サライ、2017-08-08
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b 五稜郭だけじゃない！四稜郭もあれば三稜郭や七稜郭もあった?! Good day 北海道,2019年10月14日アクセス
  10. ^ 白壁兵舎　広報史料館 自衛隊新潟地方協力本部、2019年10月15日アクセス
  11. ^ 歩兵第六聯隊兵舎 博物館明治村、2019年10月14日アクセス)
  12. ^ 存城と廃城 －城はいつ終わったのか－ 森山英一,2019年10月22日アクセス, p.113
  13. ^ 橋爪紳也、『大大阪モダン建築』、青幻舎、2007

References[]

  • 向井一雄 (2017). よみがえる古代山城 国際戦争と防衛ライン（歴史文化ライブラリー440）. . ISBN 978-4642058407.
  • 国指定史跡怡土城跡（前原市文化財調査報告書 第94集）. 前原市教育委員会. 2006. - リンクは九州国立博物館「西都 太宰府」資料観覧ライブラリー。

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