was a

Sengoku period The was a period in Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Variou ...

mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain. It was the original base of power for the

Miyoshi clan is a Japanese family descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa-Genji). They were a cadet branch of the Ogasawara clan and the Takeda clan. At the beginning of the 14th century AD, Ogasawara Nagafusa settled in Shik ...

. View from Honkuruwa base

History

Iimoriyama Castle was built by Kizawa Nagamasa and was later controlled by the

Miyoshi Nagayoshi , eldest son of Miyoshi Motonaga, was a Japanese samurai and powerful ''daimyō'' who ruled seven provinces of Kansai. Nagayoshi held the court titles of Shūri-dayū (修理太夫) and Chikuzen no Kami (筑前守), and was also known by the more ...

relocated his home castle from Akutagawayama Castle to Iimoriyama Castle in 1560. In 1564, Miyoshi Nagayoshi died in the castle. The castle was listed as one of the

Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles The is a list of 100 castles, intended as a sequel of 100 Fine Castles of Japan The castles in were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the in 2006. In 2017, Japanese Castle Association created an ad ...

in 2017.

Preservation

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls, moats and Dobashibridges.

References

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