Tochio Castle
{{short description|Castle ruins in Nagaoka, Japan}}
{{Infobox military structure
| name = Tochio Castle
| nativename-a={{lang|ja|栃尾城}}
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| location = Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
| image =Tochio Castle Honmaru ruins from Akiba Park 20170504.jpg
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| caption =Tochio Castle
| type = Mountaintop castle
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| ownership = Uesugi clan
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| condition = ruins
| built = 15C
| builder =?
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| demolished = 1610
| battles =
| past_commanders = Uesugi Kenshin, Honjō Saneyori, Honjō Hidetsuna
| garrison =
| occupants =
| events =Siege of Tochio
Siege of Otate
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{{nihongo|Tochio Castle|栃尾城|Iino-jō}} was a castle structure in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.city.nagaoka.niigata.jp/kankou/rekishi/shiro/tochiojyoato.html |title=栃尾城|publisher=Nagaoka city official|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}} The site is located on a 227-meter mountain.{{cite web|URL=http://tochiokankou.jp/tourism/shiroyama.html|title=Tochio Castle|publisher=Tochio Tourist Association|access-date=20 October 2021}} Young Uesugi Kenshin spent five years in the castle.{{cite web|url= https://kojodan.jp/castle/554/ |title=栃尾城|publisher=攻城団|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A0%83%E5%B0%BE%E5%9F%8E-180157 |title=栃尾城|publisher=コトバンク
|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}}
History
The exact date of the castle's foundation is unknown but built in the Muromachi period. In 1543, Uesugi Kenshin left Kasugayama Castle and entered the castle as a joint commander by Nagao Harukage`s order.
In 1544, Kenshin made his first battle against local lords opposed to the Nagao clan in the castle and broke the siege.{{cite web|url= https://www.niitabi.com/nagaoka/totisiro.html |title=長岡市 栃尾城|publisher=新潟県歴史観光|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 July 2019}}
In 1548, Kenshin returned to Kasugayama Castle as a feudal lord of the Nagao clan. 小野榮 米沢藩 現代書館 シリーズ藩物語 2006 P.64 {{ISBN|978-4768471043}}
The castle is now only ruins, with some earthenwalls, well and moats. Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Site.
See also
References
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{{coord missing|Niigata Prefecture}}
Category:Castles in Niigata Prefecture
Category:Historic Sites of Japan
Category:Former castles in Japan
Category:Ruined castles in Japan
Category:15th-century establishments in Japan
Category:Designated historic sites of Niigata Prefecture
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