Kameyama Castle (Okayama)

Kameyama Castle (沼城, Kameyama-jō), also well known as Numa Castle, is the remains of a castle structure in Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as an Okayama City Designated Historic Site.[1]

Kameyama Castle
亀山城
Higashi-ku, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Numa Castle / Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle is located in Okayama Prefecture
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle is located in Japan
Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle
Coordinates34°42′24″N 134°2′11″E
TypeOkajiro-style castle
Site information
OwnerNakayama clan, Ukita clan
Conditionruins
Site history
Built16c
Built byNakayama Nobumasa
Demolished1602
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Nakayama Nobumasa, Ukita Naoie

The castle was bulit by Nakayama Nobutada in the Tenbun period (1532–1555).[2] In 1559, Ukita Naoie killed Nakayama Nobumasa by order of Uragami Munekage.[3] Then Naoie moved Ukita clan's main bastion from Shinjōyama castle.[4] Naoie expanded his territory based in the castle.[3][5] In 1570, Naoie started remodeling Okayama castle and moved from the castle in 1573.[3][6][1]

Soon after the Honnō-ji Incident, Hashiba Hideyoshi stopped and stayed in the castle on his way back to Kyoto to fight Akechi Mitsuhide's army.[7]

References
  1. Nihon Jōkaku Taikei Vol.13 Hiroshima, Okayama. Tokyo: 新人物往来社. 1980. p. 346. ISBN 9784404009982.
  2. "沼城/亀山城" (in Japanese). Okayama Tourism Association. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. "宇喜多直家" (in Japanese). Okayama city official. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. Nihon Jōkaku Taikei Vol.13 Hiroshima, Okayama. Tokyo: 新人物往来社. 1980. p. 345. ISBN 9784404009982.
  5. "沼城/亀山城" (in Japanese). Okayama city official. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. "Ukita Naoie" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. "戦国屈指の強行軍。秀吉の中国大返し" (in Japanese). 歴史マガジンWEB. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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