Sakamoto Castle

Sakamoto Castle
Sakamoto Castle
坂本城
Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
	Statue of Mitsuhide in Sakamoto Castle park
	Sakamoto Castle Sakamoto Castle
Coordinates	35°3′35.374″N 135°52′37.744″E / 35.05982611°N 135.87715111°E
Type	Mizu style castle
Site information
Owner	Oda clan, Toyotomi clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1571
Built by	Akechi Mitsuhide
Demolished	1586
Garrison information
Past; commanders	Akechi Mitsuhide, Niwa Nagahide, Asano Nagamasa

Sakamoto Castle (坂本城, Sakamoto-jō) was a lakeside castle in the Sengoku period, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

Akechi Mitsuhide was the commander of the castle.^[2]

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^ "坂本城跡から将棋の駒や青磁が出土　琵琶湖水運の拠点として繁栄" (in Japanese). 産経west. Retrieved 25 July 2019.