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Kitanoshō Castle

1575–1583 · 16th century

Kitanoshō Castle was a castle in Echizen province, on the site of present-day Fukui, built from 1575 by Shibata Katsuie, a senior general of Oda Nobunaga. After Shibata's defeat by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Shizugatake in 1583, he set the castle on fire and killed himself there with his wife Oichi. Yūki Hideyasu built Fukui Castle on the site from 1601.

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Fukui Domain

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