Fukui Castle

Fukui Castle
福井城
Fukui, Fukui, Japan
The surviving moat and lower walls of the castle, with the Fukui prefectural office present on the site of the castle keep
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Coordinates	36°03′56″N 136°13′15″E / 36.065456°N 136.2209°E / 36.065456; 136.2209
Type	flatland-style Japanese castle
Site information
Controlled by	Shibata clan, Matsudaira clan
Site history
Built	1573/1606
Built by	Shibata Katsuie, Yūki Hideyasu
In use	Sengoku period - 1889
Materials	wood, stone
Demolished	1871
Battles/wars	Battle of Shizugatake

Fukui Castle (福井城, Fukui-jō) is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.^[1] During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a branch of the Matsudaira clan, who were hereditary daimyō of Fukui domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known by the name of Kitanoshō Castle (北ノ庄城, Kitanoshō-jō), after an earlier castle built by Shibata Katsuie, over whose ruins it is partly built.