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Komaru Castle
小丸城
Komaru Castle ; 小丸城
Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
	Remains of Komaru Castle's main gate
	Komaru Castle ; 小丸城 Komaru Castle ; 小丸城
Coordinates	35°53′53″N 136°13′49″E / 35.897962°N 136.230176°E
Type	Japanese castle
Site information
Open to; the public	yes
Condition	Ruins
Site history
Built	1579
Built by	Sassa Narimasa
In use	Sengoku period
Demolished	1581

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Komaru Castle (小丸城, Komaru-jō) was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Echizen Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Built in the Sengoku period by Sassa Narimasa, the ruins are now a Fukui Prefectural Historic Site.

History

Komaru Castle was established in 1575 Sassa Narimasa, one of Oda Nobunaga's generals. Along Maeda Toshiie and Fuwa Mitsuharu, he was charged with keeping the peace and suppressing the Ikkō-ikki in Echizen Province.

Komaru Castle was located on a small hill at the southern edge of the Fukui Plain. The inner bailey had stone ramparts and is thought to have had a donjon. A second and third bailey protected the inner citadel, and the whole was surrounded by moats and marsh. However, in 1581 Sassa Narimasa was awarded additional territories, and relocated to Etchū Province (current Toyama Prefecture), after leaving the unfinished Komaru Castle abandoned.

During excavations in 1932, the earthen foundations, part of the gate to the honmaru, the remains of the dry moat, a tower foundation, and some fragments of roof tiles were found. The roof tiles were of especial interest to historians, as an account was written on its reverse side about Maeda Toshiie's suppression of the Ikkō-ikki in Echizen by mass executions of followers.

References

Literature

Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-8048-1102-4.
Motoo, Hinago (1986). Japanese Castles. Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 200 pages. ISBN 0-87011-766-1.
Mitchelhill, Jennifer (2004). Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty. Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 112 pages. ISBN 4-7700-2954-3.
Turnbull, Stephen (2003). Japanese Castles 1540-1640. Osprey Publishing. p. 64 pages. ISBN 1-84176-429-9.

History of Fukui Prefecture

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-{{Nihongo|'''Komaru Castle'''|小丸城|Komaru-jō}} is a ruined flatland castle located in Gobuichi, [[Echizen, Fukui|Echizen]], [[Fukui Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
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+{{nihongo|'''Komaru Castle'''|小丸城| Komaru-jō}} was a [[Japanese castle]] located in what is now the city of [[Echizen, Fukui| Echizen]] [[Fukui Prefecture]], in the [[Hokuriku region]] of Japan.  Built in the [[Sengoku period]] by [[Sassa Narimasa]], the ruins are now a Fukui Prefectural Historic Site.
 == History ==
-Komaru Castle was established in 1575 ([[Tenshō (Momoyama period)|Tenshō]] 3) by [[Sassa Narimasa]], one of [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] generals and one of the [[The Fuchū Three|Fuchū Three]]. Along with [[Maeda Toshiie]] and [[Fuwa Mitsuharu]], Narimasa was charged with keeping the peace and suppressing the [[Ikkō-ikki]] in [[Echizen Province]]. In 1581, Sassa Narimasa was relocated to [[Etchū Province]] (current [[Toyama Prefecture]]), after which the unfinished castle was abandoned.
+Komaru Castle was established in 1575 Sassa Narimasa, one of [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s generals. Along [[Maeda Toshiie]] and [[Fuwa Mitsuharu]], he was charged with keeping the peace and suppressing the [[Ikkō-ikki]] in [[Echizen Province]].
+Komaru Castle was located on a small hill at the southern edge of the Fukui Plain. The [[inner bailey]] had stone ramparts and is thought to have had a [[donjon]]. A second and third bailey protected the inner citadel, and the whole was surrounded by moats and marsh. However, in 1581 Sassa Narimasa was awarded additional territories, and relocated to [[Etchū Province]] (current [[Toyama Prefecture]]), after leaving the unfinished Komaru Castle abandoned.
-The earthen foundations, part of the gate to the [[honmaru]], the remains of the dry moat, a tower foundation, and a memorial stone can still be seen at the site.
-During excavations in 1932, some fragments of roof tiles on which stories about Maeda Toshiie's suppression of the Ikkō-ikki revolts were written were discovered at the site.
+During excavations in 1932, the earthen foundations, part of the gate to the [[honmaru]], the remains of the dry moat, a tower foundation, and some fragments of roof tiles were found. The roof tiles were of especial interest to historians, as an account was written on its reverse side about Maeda Toshiie's suppression of the Ikkō-ikki in Echizen by mass executions of followers.
 == References ==
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+== Literature ==
-{{Coord|35.897962|136.230176|format=dms|display=title|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}
+*{{cite book | title=Castles in Japan| last=Schmorleitz| first=Morton S.| year=1974| pages= 144–145| publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Co.| location=Tokyo| isbn=0-8048-1102-4}}
+*{{cite book | title=Japanese Castles| last=Motoo| first=Hinago| year=1986| publisher=Kodansha| location=Tokyo| isbn=0-87011-766-1| page= 200 pages}}
+*{{cite book | title=Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty | last=Mitchelhill| first=Jennifer| year=2004| publisher=Kodansha| location=Tokyo| isbn=4-7700-2954-3 | page= 112 pages}}
+*{{cite book | title=Japanese Castles 1540-1640  | last=Turnbull| first=Stephen| year=2003| publisher=Osprey Publishing|  isbn=1-84176-429-9 | page= 64 pages}}
+{{Commons category}}
 [[Category:Archaeological sites in Japan]]
 [[Category:Castles in Fukui Prefecture]]
+[[History of Fukui Prefecture]]
-[[Category:Former castles in Japan]]
-[[Category:Feudal Japan]]
+[[Category:Ruined castles in Japan]]
+[[Category:Echizen, Fukui]]
+[[Category:Echizen Province]]
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