Kuroi Castle | |
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黒井城 | |
Tamba, Hyōgo, Japan | |
![]() Stone wall of Honmaru Base | |
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 |
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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]