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Kitanosho Castle (北ノ庄城,
Kitanoshō-jō) was a
hirashiro (castle
located on flatland). Its
remains are
located in current-day ****ui, ****ui Prefecture, ****an...
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historically significant battles, the
siege of
Odani and the
siege of
Kitanosho,
sieges that led to the
extermination of the
powerful Azai and Shibata...
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Tokugawa shogunate. The
castle was also
known by the name of
Kitanoshō Castle (北ノ庄城,
Kitanoshō-jō),
after an
earlier castle built by
Shibata Katsuie, over...
- flank. In 1576,
after gaining control of Echizen, he took
command of
Kitanosho Castle (Hokujō) and was
ordered to
conquer the
Hokuriku region. In 1577...
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forced him to retreat.
Hideyoshi pursued Sakuma and
successfully besieged Kitanosho Castle which led to the
suicide of
Katsuie and Oichi. The
Battle of ****ugatake...
- to the
ground by
Nobunaga during the 1573
Siege of Ichijōdani Castle.
Kitanosho Castle is known,
though that it was
built by
Shibata Katsuie in 1575....
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defeated at the
Battle of ****ugatake, and he was
forced to
retreat to
Kitanosho castle. With Hideyoshi's army
laying siege to his home,
Katsuie set the...
- Castle,
Ashikaga Yoshiaki's Nijō Castle,
Azuchi Castle,
Itami Castle,
Kitanosho Castle,
Yamazaki Castle,
Nagahama Castle,
Ishigakiyama Ichiyoru Castle...
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during the Edo period.
Though the Yūki-Matsudaira
retained control of
Kitanoshō (later
renamed ****ui), the main Yūki line was not there, but in Tsuyama...
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control of
Echizen p****ed on to
Shibata Katsuie, who
built his
castle at
Kitanosho Castle in what is now the city of ****ui.
Shibata himself only held Echizen...
