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Kurume Castle

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Kurume Castle
久留米城
Kumano, Mie, Japan
Stone wall of Kurume Castle
Type	Hirajirostyle castle
Site information
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1504-21 / 1587
Built by	Kobayakawa Hidekane
Materials	Stone walls
Demolished	1871
Garrison information
Past commanders	Kobayakawa Hidekane

Kurume Castle (久留米城, Kurume-jō) was a castle structure in Kurume, Japan.^[1] Kurume Castle was built by the ninth son of Mōri Motonari, Kobayakawa Hidekane in 1587.^[2]

Kurume castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and water moat.^[3] The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.^[4]

Gallery[edit]

Well of Kurume Castle
Stone wall of Higashigomon
Stone wall of Tatsumiyagura
Stone wall of TaikoYagura
Kabokigomon gate

Literature[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurume Castle.

De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300.

References[edit]

^ "久留米城" (in Japanese). じゃらん. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

^ "久留米城" (in Japanese). 久留米観光サイト. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

^ "久留米城跡" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

^ "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

v t e Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan by region
Hokkaidō	Shinori Date Katsuyama Date
Tōhoku	Namioka Castle Kunohe Castle Shiroishi Castle Wakimoto Castle Akita Castle Tsurugaoka Castle Yonezawa Castle Miharu Castle Mukaihaguroyama Castle
Kantō	Kasama Castle Tsuchiura Castle Karasawa Castle Nagurumi Castle Numata Castle Iwabitsu Castle Oshi Castle Sugiyama Castle Sugaya Yakata Moto Sakura Castle Ōtaki Castle Takiyama Castle Odaiba Kozukue Castle Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle
Kōshin'etsu	Shinpu Castle Yōgaiyama Castle Tatsuoka Castle Takashima Castle Murakami Castle Takada Castle Samegao Castle
Hokuriku	Toyama Castle Masuyama Castle Torigoe Castle Fukui Castle Ōno Castle Kuniyoshi Castle Genbao Castle
Tōkai	Gujō Hachiman Castle Naegi Castle Kaneyama Castle Ōgaki Castle Kōkokuji Castle Suwahara Castle Takatenjin Castle Hamamatsu Castle Komakiyama Castle Furumiya Castle Yoshida Castle Tsu Castle Tage Kitabatakeshi Jōkan Tamaru Castle Akagi Castle
Kansai	Kamaha Castle Hachimanyama Castle Fukuchiyama Castle Akutagawayama Castle Iimoriyama Castle Kishiwada Castle Arikoyama Castle / Izushi Castle Kuroi Castle Sumoto Castle Kōriyama Castle Uda Matsuyama Castle Shingū Castle
Chūgoku	Wakasa Oniga Castle Yonago Castle Hamada Castle Takamatsu Castle Mihara Castle Niitakayama Castle Kōnomine Castle / Ōuchi-shi Yakata
Shikoku	Shōzui Castle Ichinomiya Castle Hiketa Castle Noshima Castle Kagomori Castle Okō Castle
Kyūshū	Kokura Castle Mizuki Castle Kurume Castle Kii Castle Karatsu Castle Kaneda Castle Ishida Castle Hara Castle Kikuchi Castle Yatsushiro Castle Nakatsu Castle Tsunomure Castle Usuki Castle Saiki Castle Nobeoka Castle Sadowara Castle Shibushi Castle Chiran Castle
Okinawa	Zakimi Castle Katsuren Castle

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