Kuroi Castle

Kuroi Castle
Kuroi Castle
黒井城
Tamba, Hyōgo, Japan
	Stone wall of Honmaru Base
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Coordinates	35°10′45.0″N 135°6′14.6″E / 35.179167°N 135.104056°E
Type	Yamajiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Owner	Akai clan, Akechi clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	14c
Built by	Akamatsu Norisada
Materials	Stone walls
Demolished	1584
Events	Battle of Kuroi Castle
Garrison information
Past; commanders	Akai Naomasa, Saitō Toshimitsu, Horio Yoshiharu
	National Historic Site of Japan

Kuroi Castle (黒井城, Kuroi-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now the Kasuga-cho neighborhood of the city of Tamba Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.^[1] It was also called Hogetsu Castle (保月城, Hogetsu-jō) or Hōzuki Castle (保築城, Hōzuki-jō). Famous as the birthplace of Lady Kasuga, the wet nurse of Tokugawa Iemitsu,^[2] it ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1989.^[3]

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^ "黒井城跡". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 15 September 2021.