Fukuyama Castle (Sōja)
of Bitchū Province was a Nanboku-chō period ''yamajiro''-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Kiyone, Okayama, Kiyonemiyori neighborhood of the city of Sōja in Okayama Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a Historic Sites of Japan, National Historic Site since 1936. History Fukuyama Castle is located on Mount Fukuyama (elevation 302 meters) in the southern part of the city of Sōja. From the Nara period to the Kamakura period the mountain was occupied by a Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple called Fukusan-ji. In 1335, at the start of the Nanboku-chō period, the site was fortified by a local warlord, Shō Kanesuke, and entrusted to his retainer Makabe Korehisa. The castle consisted of three rings of fortifications and kuruwa, enclosures on the slopes of the mountain. This castle became the site of the "Battle of Fukuyama" as described in the ''Taiheiki''. Battle of Fukuyama In February 1336, Ashikaga Takauji, who had b ...
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Sōja
file:Bitchu Kokubunji, zenkei.jpg, 270px, Bitchū Kokubun-ji is a Cities of Japan, city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 69,428 and a population density of 330 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Sōja is located ancestral Okayama Prefecture. The Takahashi River runs through the city from northwest to south. The northern and western parts are located in the southern part of the Kibi plateau, and the southern part also forms a hilly area. The central area, which is the urban area, originally formed a small basin in the floodplain of the Takahashi River. Adjacent municipalities Okayama Prefecture *Ibara, Okayama, Ibara *Kibichūō, Okayama, Kibichūō *Kita-ku, Okayama *Kurashiki, Okayama, Kurashiki *Takahashi, Okayama, Takahashi *Yakage, Okayama, Yakage Rivers * Makidani River * Shinpon River * Takahashi River Mountains * Ki castle, Kijōyama * Mount Fuku * Mount Karube Climate Sōja has a humid subtropical ...
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