Marune Fort

History

Marune Fort was one of several forts built around Odaka Castle to contain the Imagawa. In particular it blocks the road to Kutsukake Castle. Matsudaira Motoyasu (Tokugawa Ieyasu) defeated Marune Fort and Washizu Fort with overwhelming forces at the Battle of Okehazama. Some people say Motoyasu first came to prominence as a battle tactician because of this battle.

Visit Notes

Compared to some of the other forts in the area, this seems to have been a more well developed fortification. While there are few ruins to be seen, the grouns of this round hilltop have not been developed over so it makes a worthwhile visit along with Odaka Castle and Washizu Fort.

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Castle Profile
English Name	Marune Fort
Japanese Name	丸根砦
Founder	Oda Nobunaga
Year Founded	1559
Castle Type	Mountaintop
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Features
Visitor Information
Access	Odaka Sta (Tokaido Line); 15 mins walk
Visitor Information	Park, open 24/7
Time Required	15 mins
Website	http://www.city.nagoya.jp/midori/page/0000129566.html
Location	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Coordinates	35° 3' 51.73" N, 136° 56' 43.40" E
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Added to Jcastle	2020
Contributor	Eric
Admin Year Visited	2020
Admin Visits	January 13, 2020
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ARTShogun

12 months ago

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Marune-toride is an earthworks fort ruin in the Ôdaka neighbourhood of Midori Ward, Nagoya City. I came here after visiting Washizu-toride. I liked this site more. There is clear terracing in a belt-like fashion beneath the top of the hill, which does impress one as an obikuruwa (belt bailey). There is a marker for the castle at the top of the hill where presumably the main bailey was. Toward the rear of the site there are what look like some earthworks which could’ve constituted a horikiri (trench) complex, but it’s hard to be sure as a road passes through there now.

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