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.

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