Tenjinyama Castle (Inaba)
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  also known as ''Fuse-Tenjinyama Castle'' is the remains of a castle structure in
Tottori (city) is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,383 in 81,732 households and a population density of 240 persons per km². The total area ...
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Tottori Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of . ...
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. Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Sites. The castle was the Shogosho (Shugo daimyo's residence or main bastion) of the Inaba
Yamana clan The was a Japanese samurai clan which was one of the most powerful of the Muromachi period (1336–1467); at its peak, members of the family held the position of Constable ('' shugo'') over eleven provinces. Originally from Kōzuke Province, an ...
. The castle was built by Yamana Katutoyo in 1446. In 1573,
Yamana Toyokuni was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the '' Inaba Yamana clan'' and Shugo of the Inaba. In 1574, Toyokuni allied with Amago Katsuhisa for an attempted invasion to capture Tajima and Inaba provinces. ...
moved Inaba Yamana clan's main bastion to
Tottori castle was a Japanese castle located in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture in the San'in Region of western Japan. It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957 with the area under protection expanded in 1987. The ...
. At the same time, The keep of the castle was moved to Tottori castle.


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