Pre Edo Period

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Pre Edo Period / 江戸時代より以前

This is a subtype of Historical Period

Castles that were only active prior to the Edo Period come from a very different time of castle construction. The Edo Period saw the introduction of the "One Castle per Province" edict which forced the abandonment of thousands of castles throughout Japan. Castles prior to the Edo Period tended to be a part of a wider castle network. There would have been a central home castle where the provincial lord may lived and ruled and there was also a large network of small castles that would protect the borders, watch over major roads, serve as smoke signal forts, or may have simply been created and generally left empty except when needed in a time of unrest.

Any castle with this designation is probably smaller in scale, often on a mountaintop, and is unlikely to have any buildings. These sites will be of more interest to history fans, castle fans, and those who want to understand a specific area better.

This category also includes some of the ancient castles such as the Josaku sites ((e.g. Shiwa Castle, Taga Castle)) in Northeastern Japan and the early fortifications in Western Japan such as those at Kinojo and Ono Castle. I will likely separate these out into other categories at some point.

Castles with Pre Edo Period
  1. Aburakawa Nobue Yashiki
  2. Aida Yakata
  3. Aiki Castle (Minochi)
  4. Aimiyamamonomi Fort
  5. Ainuta Fort
  6. Akagi Kita Castle
  7. Akagi Minami Castle
  8. Akagi Yakata
  9. Akasu Castle (Ina)
  10. Akatsuka Castle
  11. Akazawa Yakata
  12. Akechi Osayama Castle
  13. Aki Castle
  14. Akiba Fort
  15. Akita Castle
  16. Akiyama Yakata
  17. Akiyoshi Fort
  18. Akozu Castle
  19. Akutagawasan Castle
  20. Amabiki Castle
  21. Amagajo
  22. Amanari Castle
  23. Amari Yakata
  24. Amemiya Yashiki
  25. Ametoya Castle
  26. Amidadou Castle (Omi)
  27. Amidagamine Castle (Yamashiro)
  28. Amino Shingozaemon Yashiki
  29. Amino Yashiki
  30. Ano Yakata
  31. Anrakuji Yakata
  32. Ansho Castle
  33. Aoiyama Castle
  34. Aoki Castle (Azumi)
  35. Aoki Castle (Sakata)
  36. Aoyagi Castle
  37. Aoyagi Yakata
  38. Aoyama Castle
  39. Aoyama Castle (Nagato)
  40. Aoyama Castle (Omi)
  41. Ara Castle (Ina)
  42. Aragaito Fort
  43. Arai Castle
  44. Arako Castle
  45. Arashi Castle
  46. Arato Castle
  47. Aratoshou Castle
  48. Arayama Castle
  49. Arikoyama Castle
  50. Aruga Castle
  51. Asaba Castle
  52. Asada Castle (Chikuma)
  53. Asahara Yakata
  54. Asahi Castle (Chikuma)
  55. Asahi Castle (Minochi)
  56. Asahi Castle (Owari)
  57. Asahiyama Castle
  58. Asaka Castle (Chikuma)
  59. Asama Palace
  60. Asama Yakata
  61. Ashigara Castle
  62. Ashigara Teraba Fort
  63. Ashikagashi Yakata
  64. Asonuma Castle
  65. Asukayama Castle
  66. Asuke Castle
  67. Atagoyama Noroshidai
  68. Awaya Yakata
  69. Aya Castle
  70. Ayukawa Castle (Koka)
  71. Azuchi Castle
  72. Azumi Sano Castle (Azumi)
  73. Beffu Castle (Koka)
  74. Bitchu Takamatsu Castle
  75. Bizenhara Yakata
  76. Busetsu Castle
  77. Bushihara Fort
  78. Chausudate
  79. Chausuyama Castle (Chikuma)
  80. Chiba Castle
  81. Chigasaki Castle
  82. Chihaya Castle
  83. Chikatou Fort
  84. Chikuzenbara Fort
  85. Chinen Castle
  86. Chiran Castle
  87. Chofuku Castle
  88. Choujaike Yakata
  89. Choujayama Castle
  90. Choujayashiki Yakata
  91. Choushouin Yakata
  92. Chouzenjimae Jin'ya
  93. Daikan'yama Fort
  94. Dainenji Yakata
  95. Daiun'in Doi
  96. Deura Castle
  97. Dohiyama Castle (Nagato)
  98. Dokanyama
  99. Doushou Hori
  100. Ebe Castle (Omi)
  101. Egawa Fort
  102. Eimeiin Fort
  103. Ema Yakata
  104. Enryakuji
  105. Enryakuji Amidadou Fort
  106. Enryakuji Higashitani Fort
  107. Enryakuji Joudoin Fort
  108. Enryakuji Kitatani Fort
  109. Enryakuji Monjurou Fort
  110. Enryakuji Nishitani Fort
  111. Enryakuji Shakadou Fort
  112. Fubukikaito Castle (Ina)
  113. Fuchu Castle (Hitachi)
  114. Fujihashi Castle (Tokyo)
  115. Fujimaki Yashiki
  116. Fujita Castle
  117. Fukakusa Yakata
  118. Fukayama Castle (Suruga)
  119. Fukazawa Castle
  120. Fukujima Castle (Takai)
  121. Fukuouji Yakata
  122. Fukushima Castle
  123. Fukushima Castle (Kiso)
  124. Fukutake Castle (Chikuzen)
  125. Fukuyo Castle
  126. Fukuzawa Yakata
  127. Fukuzuka Castle (Mino)
  128. Fumimichi Castle
  129. Funaki Castle (Omi)
  130. Funaoka Castle
  131. Funaokayama Castle
  132. Funayama Castle
  133. Funehiki Castle
  134. Furuhata Yakata
  135. Furujou Yakata
  136. Furukawa Castle
  137. Furumaya Castle (Azumi)
  138. Furumaya Yakata
  139. Furuwatari Castle
  140. Fuseyachouja Yakata
  141. Fushimi Castle
  142. Fusumada Castle
  143. Futamata Castle
  144. Futatsu Bungonokami Yakata
  145. Futatsugi Castle (Azumi)
  146. Futoge Castle
  147. Futoh'yama Castle
  148. Gakiyama Noroshidai
  149. Gakuden Castle (Owari)
  150. Ganjaku Castle
  151. Ganshouin Yakata
  152. Gassan Toda Castle
  153. Genbao Castle
  154. Gifu Castle
  155. Gion Castle
  156. Gobara Castle
  157. Gochaku Castle
  158. Gokan Castle
  159. Gongen Yakata
  160. Goryu Castle
  161. Gouda Fort
  162. Gujo Hachiman Castle
  163. Gushikawa Castle (Itoman Okinawa)
  164. Haba Castle
  165. Habako Castle
  166. Habauehori Yashiki
  167. Hachigata Castle
  168. Hachikenchōja Castle
  169. Hachiman'yama Castle (Tanba)
  170. Hachinohe Castle
  171. Hachioji Castle
  172. Haga Castle
  173. Hagikura Fort
  174. Haguro Castle (Owari)
  175. Haibara Castle
  176. Haiyama Castle
  177. Hakota Castle (Kozuke)
  178. Hakoyama Castle (Takai)
  179. Hakusan Castle
  180. Hakusan Castle (Harima)
  181. Hamagawa Castle
  182. Hanakuma Castle
  183. Hanamaki Castle
  184. Hanasaki Castle (Tsuru)
  185. Hanawa Castle
  186. Hanazawa Yakata
  187. Hanazono Castle
  188. Hanazono Mitake Castle
  189. Haneo Castle
  190. Haranomoto Castle
  191. Hasedo Castle
  192. Hatada Castle (Omi)
  193. Hatakenaka Yakata
  194. Hatayama Castle
  195. Hatsuzawa Castle
  196. Hatta Yashiki
  197. Hattori Castle (Koka)
  198. Hayaotoshi Castle
  199. Hayashi Kohee Yashiki
  200. Hayashikojo Castle
  201. Hayashiohjo Castle
  202. Hida Castle (Omi)
  203. Hieinoyama Fort
  204. Higashi Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  205. Higashi Wada Castle
  206. Higashijou Castle (Chikuma)
  207. Higuchi Castle (Omi)
  208. Higuchiuchi Castle (Ina)
  209. Hijiyama Castle (Iga)
  210. Hikaru Castle
  211. Hiki Castle
  212. Hikida Castle
  213. Hikidono Yashiki
  214. Hikuma Castle
  215. Hime Castle (Chikuma)
  216. Hime Castle (Mikawa)
  217. Himega Castle (Mikawa)
  218. Himuro Yakata
  219. Hinode Castle
  220. Hirabayashi Castle (Minochi)
  221. Hirai Castle
  222. Hirai Castle (Omi)
  223. Hirai Kanayama Castle
  224. Hiraide Moated Settlement
  225. Hirakura Castle
  226. Hirase Castle
  227. Hirase Kitano Castle
  228. Hirase Noroshidai
  229. Hirase Yakata
  230. Hiratsuka Castle
  231. Hirose Castle (Hida)
  232. Hisawa Castle
  233. Hishakuyama Castle
  234. Hiyama Castle
  235. Hizen Nagoya Castle
  236. Hodarakuji Castle
  237. Hojo Clan Residence
  238. Honjinzawabata Fort
  239. Honshouji Castle
  240. Hora Yakata
  241. Horigane Yakata
  242. Horigoe Palace
  243. Horikoshi Castle
  244. Horinouchi Yakata (Azumi)
  245. Horinouchi Yakata (Ina)
  246. Hoshigasaki Castle
  247. Hosogaya Yakata
  248. Hotaka Yakata
  249. Hotta no Saku
  250. Houjiin Doi
  251. Houshouji Fort
  252. Houzouji Yakata
  253. Hyakusaiji Castle
  254. Iba Castle
  255. Ibako Castle
  256. Ibaraki Castle
  257. Ibarayama Castle
  258. Ibayama Castle
  259. Ibikitagata Castle
  260. Ibuka Castle
  261. Ichibajin'yama Castle (Koka)
  262. Ichigousan Castle
  263. Ichijodani Castle
  264. Ichijojiyama Castle
  265. Ichikawa Jin'ya
  266. Ichinodaira Castle (Ina)
  267. Ichinomiya Castle
  268. Igawa Castle
  269. Iida Fort
  270. Iida Yashiki
  271. Iimori Castle
  272. Iinawa Castle
  273. Iino Taira Castle
  274. Iinuma Castle
  275. Iiyama Castle
  276. Ijiri Yashiki
  277. Ikeda Castle
  278. Ikeda Castle (Mino)
  279. Ikeda Yakata (Omi)
  280. Ikenoshiri Yakata
  281. Ima Castle (Mino)
  282. Imai Castle
  283. Imai Fort
  284. Imamura Castle (Omi)
  285. Imamura Castle (Yamashiro)
  286. Imoto Castle (Omi)
  287. Ina Castle
  288. Ina Yashiki
  289. Inamura Castle (Ina)
  290. Inamurafuru Castle
  291. Inaniwa Castle
  292. Inatsuke Castle
  293. Innoshima Suigun Castle
  294. Inoko Yakata
  295. Inoue Castle
  296. Inoue Yakata
  297. Inoue Yakata (Shiga)
  298. Inuinofuru Castle
  299. Inukai Castle
  300. Inukai Yakata
  301. Ioto Castle
  302. Ioyama Castle
  303. Isawa Castle
  304. Ishibayama Castle (Omi)
  305. Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle
  306. Ishigami Castle
  307. Ishihama Castle
  308. Ishinomaki Castle
  309. Isobe Castle
  310. Isshiki Castle (Omi)
  311. Isshiki Castle (Suruga)
  312. Itabashi Castle
  313. Itagaki Kanenobu Yashiki
  314. Itagakiyama Noroshidai
  315. Itami Castle
  316. Itazuke Moated Settlement
  317. Itokazu Castle
  318. Itou Genba Yashiki
  319. Itousakaue Fort
  320. Iwabitsu Castle
  321. Iwabuchi Castle (Aida)
  322. Iwade Danjou Kyokan
  323. Iwadono Castle
  324. Iwahara Castle (Azumi)
  325. Iwakiri Castle
  326. Iwakubo Yakata
  327. Iwakura Castle
  328. Iwaoka Yakata
  329. Iwasaki Castle
  330. Iwasaki Castle (Mutsu)
  331. Iwasaki Yakata
  332. Iwaseyama Castle
  333. Iwaya Castle
  334. Izaki Castle
  335. Izu Nagahama Castle
  336. Izu Ohdairashin Castle
  337. Izumigashira Castle
  338. Jikki Yashiki
  339. Jikouin Fort
  340. Jikouin Yakata
  341. Jinbagahara Castle
  342. Jindaiji Castle
  343. Jinguuji Yakata
  344. Jionji Yakata
  345. Jizen Castle (Koka)
  346. Jofukuji Castle
  347. Jou Ian Yashiki
  348. Jouhikage Fort
  349. Joujou Castle
  350. Joukouin Yakata
  351. Joumura Castle (Ina)
  352. Joumurafuru Castle
  353. Jounoue Fort
  354. Jukkumi Yashiki
  355. Jurakudai
  356. Juuouzan Fort
  357. Kadone Castle (Omi)
  358. Kaesa Castle
  359. Kagami Yakata
  360. Kagikakemonomi Fort
  361. Kai Asahiyama Castle
  362. Kai Baba Yashiki
  363. Kai Biwa Castle
  364. Kai Furumiya Castle
  365. Kai Genga Yashiki
  366. Kai Genji Yakata
  367. Kai Hayakawa Yashiki
  368. Kai Henmi Yashiki
  369. Kai Hirai Yashiki
  370. Kai Horinouchi Castle
  371. Kai Ikkui Yashiki
  372. Kai Imai Yashiki
  373. Kai Iwade Yashiki
  374. Kai Kazama Yashiki
  375. Kai Kose Yashiki
  376. Kai Kouno Yashiki
  377. Kai Koyama Castle
  378. Kai Maruyama Fort
  379. Kai Nakano Castle
  380. Kai Nakao Castle
  381. Kai Nakazawa Yashiki
  382. Kai Nishikawa Yashiki
  383. Kai Obu Yashiki
  384. Kai Omagari Yashiki
  385. Kai Sanada Yashiki
  386. Kai Tsuji Yashiki
  387. Kai Ueno Castle
  388. Kai Yamanaka Yakata
  389. Kai Yashiro Yashiki
  390. Kaibai Castle
  391. Kaiden Castle
  392. Kakegawako Castle
  393. Kakiage Castle (Chikuma)
  394. Kakimi Castle (Omi)
  395. Kakinohana Castle
  396. Kakuhari Yashiki
  397. Kakunodate Castle
  398. Kamaenohaka Yakata
  399. Kamagari Castle (Omi)
  400. Kamagatake Castle
  401. Kamaha Castle
  402. Kamaian Yakata
  403. Kameyama Castle (Azumi)
  404. Kameyama Castle (Kii)
  405. Kamigatou Yashiki
  406. Kamigishimoto Castle (Omi)
  407. Kamihiraideko Castle (Ina)
  408. Kamiiida Jin'ya
  409. Kamijima Castle (Ina)
  410. Kamikurabara Fort
  411. Kamimakifuru Castle
  412. Kaminagahara Castle
  413. Kaminogou Castle (Mikawa)
  414. Kamioka Castle
  415. Kamitohno Castle
  416. Kamo Castle (Bitchu)
  417. Kamogatake Castle
  418. Kanaiyama Castle
  419. Kanao Yogaisan Castle
  420. Kanasashi Yakata
  421. Kanayama Castle
  422. Kanayama Castle (Echigo)
  423. Kanbara Castle
  424. Kanbe Castle
  425. Kanegasaki Castle
  426. Kanemaru Yakata
  427. Kaneyama Castle (Mino)
  428. Kaneyama Castle (Mutsu)
  429. Kanmuriyama Castle (Bitchu)
  430. Kannonji Castle
  431. Kanzaki Yamaji Castle
  432. Karakai Castle
  433. Karasaki Castle
  434. Karasawayama Castle
  435. Karatoriya Castle
  436. Karidako Castle
  437. Karidaoh Castle
  438. Kariya Castle
  439. Kariyahara Castle
  440. Kasane Castle
  441. Kasashima Castle
  442. Kaseyama Castle
  443. Kashiwabara Castle (Omi)
  444. Kashiwara Castle
  445. Kasuga Castle (Ina)
  446. Kasugayama Castle
  447. Kasumi Castle
  448. Katakari Castle (Tanba)
  449. Katakura Castle
  450. Katsumoto Castle
  451. Katsunuma Castle
  452. Katsurayama Castle
  453. Katsuren Castle
  454. Katsushima Castle (Omi)
  455. Katsuura Castle
  456. Katsuyama Castle (Echigo)
  457. Katsuyama Castle (Nagato)
  458. Katsuyama Castle (Tsuru)
  459. Katsuyama Castle (Yatsushiro)
  460. Kattori Castle (Chikuma)
  461. Kawahara Castle
  462. Kawamura Castle
  463. Kawamura Yakata
  464. Kawanami Castle (Omi)
  465. Kawanoe Castle
  466. Kawasaki Shoujirou Yakata
  467. Kawashima Castle
  468. Kawawada Castle
  469. Kaya Yakata
  470. Kazama Yakata
  471. Kazurayama Castle
  472. Kazurayama Yakata
  473. Keirozan Castle
  474. Kemi Castle (Chiisagata)
  475. Kemi Castle (Chikuma)
  476. Ken Castle (Kozuke)
  477. Kibune Castle
  478. Kikkawa Motoharu Yakata
  479. Kikuchi Castle
  480. Kimura Castle
  481. Kinojo
  482. Kirarazaka Castle
  483. Kiridouzan Noroshidai
  484. Kirihara Castle
  485. Kirihara Castle (Minochi)
  486. Kirihara Yakata
  487. Kisai Castle
  488. Kiso Yoshinaka Yakata
  489. Kisotono Yashiki
  490. Kita Kumai Castle
  491. Kita Majino Castle
  492. Kita Tsuda Castle
  493. Kita Wakamiko Castle
  494. Kitaaranami Fort
  495. Kitabatakeshi Yakata
  496. Kitabodaiji Castle (Omi)
  497. Kitagejou Fort
  498. Kitagejou Yashiki
  499. Kitamura Castle (Omi)
  500. Kitano Castle (Ina)
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