Kurume Castle

{{Short description|Castle ruins in Kurume, Japan}}

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| name = Kurume Castle

| nativename-a={{lang|ja|久留米城}}

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| location = Kumano, Mie, Japan

| image =Kurume castle tukimiyagura isigaki.JPG

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| caption =Stone wall of Kurume Castle

| type = Hirajirostyle castle

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| condition = ruins

| built = 1504-21 / 1587

| builder = Kobayakawa Hidekane

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| materials =Stone walls

| demolished = 1871

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| past_commanders = Kobayakawa Hidekane

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{{nihongo|Kurume Castle|久留米城|Kurume-jō}} was a castle structure in Kurume, Japan.{{cite web|url= https://www.jalan.net/kankou/spt_40203af2170020034/ |title=久留米城|publisher=じゃらん|language=ja|access-date=23 August 2019}} Kurume Castle was built by the ninth son of Mōri Motonari, Kobayakawa Hidekane in 1587.{{cite web|url= http://www.kurume-hotomeki.jp/event/?mode=detail&isSpot=1&id=402036000001 |title=久留米城|publisher=久留米観光サイト|language=ja|access-date=23 August 2019}}

Kurume castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and water moat.{{cite web|url=https://kojodan.jp/castle/274/ |title=久留米城跡 |publisher=攻城団|language=ja|access-date=23 August 2019}} The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.{{cite web|url= http://jokaku.jp/japan-top-100-castles/best-100-castles-of-japan-2nd-selection/ |title=続日本100名城 |date=29 November 2017 |publisher=日本城郭協会|language=ja|access-date=23 August 2019}}