Takatori Castle

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Takatori Castle was a Sengoku to Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Takatori, Nara Prefecture, in the Kinki region of Japan. Its ruins been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1953. Takatori Castle was listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.

1332 — 1891 WebsiteWikimediaWikidata
hill castle, Japanese castle, Japan, 100 Fine Castles of Japan, Japan

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  • Siege of Nara
    1181 siege
  • Siege of Akasaka
    1331 siege
  • Siege of Chihaya
    1333 siege that took place during the Kamakura period of Japan
  • Siege of Kami-Akasaka Castle
    1333 siege
  • Battle of Hirao
  • Siege of Dakeyama Castle
    1461 siege
  • Battle of Taiheiji
    1542 battle
  • Siege of Kōriyama Castle
    1544 siege
  • Battle of Kyōkōji
    1562 battle
  • Battle of Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden
    1567 battle
  • Siege of Takaya Castle
    1574 siege
  • Siege of Shigisan
    siege of Shigisan castle in 1577
  • Battle of Dōmyōji
    1615 battle
  • Tenchūgumi Incident
    1863-64 anti-shogunate uprising in Yamato Province, Japan
  • Bombing of Nara
    1945 airstrike
  • Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
    5h-century power struggle for the Japanese throne
  • The civil war of the Keitai and Kinmeicho dynasties
    Japanese civil war
  • Yamato Eikyō War
  • Chihaya Castle
    fortification
  • Takatori Castle
    ruins of a Japanese castle in Takatori, Japan  
  • Shigisan Castle
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1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
1332 — 1891 Takatori Castle
1863-09-29T00:00:00Z
1863-09-29T00:00:00Z
1180-01-01T00:00:00Z
1181-01-22T00:00:00Z
1180 — 1181 Siege of Nara
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1331-11-29T00:00:00Z
1333-02-24T00:00:00Z
1333-06-30T00:00:00Z
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1388-09-25T00:00:00Z
1388-09-25T00:00:00Z
1461-02-08T00:00:00Z
1463-05-12T00:00:00Z
1461 — 1463 Siege of Dakeyama Castle
1542-04-12T00:00:00Z
1542-04-12T00:00:00Z
1544-01-01T00:00:00Z
1544-01-01T00:00:00Z
1562-06-30T00:00:00Z
1562-07-01T00:00:00Z
1567-11-21T00:00:00Z
1567-11-21T00:00:00Z
1574-05-12T00:00:00Z
1575-06-09T00:00:00Z
1574 — 1575 Siege of Takaya Castle
1577-11-24T00:00:00Z
1577-11-29T00:00:00Z
1615-06-03T00:00:00Z
1615-06-03T00:00:00Z
1863-09-29T00:00:00Z
1863-09-29T00:00:00Z
1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
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0531-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1429-01-01T00:00:00Z
1439-01-01T00:00:00Z
1429 — 1439 Yamato Eikyō War
1332-01-01T00:00:00Z
1332-01-01T00:00:00Z
1536-01-01T00:00:00Z
1577-01-01T00:00:00Z
1536 — 1577 Shigisan Castle
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    arearegion100YamataiWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1180Siege of Narasiege, Taira no ShigehiraWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1331Siege of AkasakaKusunoki Masasue, battle, siegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1333Siege of Chihayabattle, siegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1333Siege of Kami-Akasaka CastlesiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1388Battle of Hiraobattle, Ujikiyo Yamana, Kusunoki MasakatsuWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1461Siege of Dakeyama Castlesiege, Hatakeyama YoshinariWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1542Battle of Taiheijibattle, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, Kizawa Nagamasa, Yusa NaganoriWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1544Siege of Kōriyama CastlesiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1562Battle of KyōkōjiHatakeyama Takamasa, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1567Battle of Tōdai-ji Daibutsudenbattle, Matsunaga Hisahide, Miyoshi TrioWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1574Siege of Takaya CastlesiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1577Siege of Shigisansiege, Oda Nobutada, Matsunaga HisahideWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1615Battle of Dōmyōjibattle, Mototsugu GotōWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1863Tenchūgumi Incidentrebellion, Nakayama Tadamitsu, TenchūgumiWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1945Bombing of NaraairstrikeWikidata
    eventwar479Prince Hoshikawa Rebellionrebellion, war of succession, Prince Hoshikawa no WakamiyaWikidata
    eventwar531The civil war of the Keitai and Kinmeicho dynastieswar of succession, hypothetical eventWikidata
    eventwar1429Yamato Eikyō WarwarWikidata
    linkpageTripadvisor page@Wikidata
    sitecastle1332Chihaya Castlehill castle, Kusunoki Masashige, Japanese castleWikidata
    sitecastle1332Takatori Castlehill castle, Japanese castleWikidata
    sitecastle1536Shigisan Castlehill castle, Japanese castleWikidata
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