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Castle in Gunma Prefecture

1．Iwabitsu Castle  ・yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Iwabitsu Castle (岩櫃城, Iwabitsu-jō) is a "yamashiro"-style (castle located on Mount Iwabitsu in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2019.[1]
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2．Takasaki Castle  ・flatland-style Japanese castle
Takasaki Castle (高崎城, Takasaki-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Takasaki, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tatebayashi Castle was home to a branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Takasaki Domain, but the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history. The castle was also known as "Wada-jō" (和田城).
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3．Tatebayashi Castle  ・flatland-style Japanese castle
Tatebayashi Castle (館林城, Tatebayashi-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Tatebayashi, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tatebayashi Castle was home to the Akimoto clan, daimyō of Tatebayashi Domain, but the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history. The castle was also known as "Obiki-jō" (尾曳城).
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4．Nagurumi Castle  ・Hirayama-style castle
Nagurumi Castle (名胡桃城, Nagurumi-jō) is a castle structure in Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.[1] The castle played historically important role because invasion of the castle by the Later Hōjō clan caused Siege of Odawara (1590).[2] The castle is now only ruins, just some moats and earthworks.[3] The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.[4]
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5．Kanayama Castle  ・hilltop-style Japanese castle
Kanayama Castle (金山城, Kanayama-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style castle located on top of Mount Kanayama in what is now the city Ōta, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1990.[1] The castle was also known as Ōta Kanayama Castle or as Nitta Kanayama Castle.
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6．Numata Castle  ・hilltop-style Japanese castle
Numata Castle (沼田城, Numata-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Numata, northern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Numata Castle was home to the Toki clan, daimyō of Numata Domain, but the castle was ruled by various clans over its history, and is noted as the site of a major battle in the Sengoku period. The castle was also known as "Kurauchi-jō" (倉内城).
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7．Maebashi Castle  ・flatland-style Japanese castle
Maebashi Castle (前橋城, Maebashi-jō) is a castle located in Maebashi, central Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Maebashi Castle was home to a branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Maebashi domain, although the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history.[1] The castle was also known as "Mayabashi-jō" (厩橋城), after the former name of Maebashi.
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8．Matsuida Castle  ・Yamajiro-style castle
Matsuida Castle (松井田城, Matsuida-jō)) is the remains of a castle structure in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. After Go-Hōjō's army defeated Takigawa Kazumasu's army in the Battle of Shintsugawa,[1] Matsuida Castle was seized and controlled by the Go-Hōjō clan.[2] Daidōji Masashige expanded and improved the defences of the castle against a possible invasion of the Toyotomi clan.[2] In 1590, after the outbreak of the Siege of Odawara, the castle was besieged by a big army of the Toyotomi clan and attacked by Maeda Toshiie , Uesugi Kagekatsu and Sanada Masayuki.[2] Masashige surrendered after about a month of siege.[2][3][4]
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9．Minowa Castle  ・Hirayama- style Japanese
Minowa Castle (箕輪城, Minowa-jō) was a "hirayama"-style (castle located in the Misato neighborhood of the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1987.[1]
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