Ichijodani castle

• Built:1471
• Type:Flatland-Mountain
• Founder: Asakura Toshikage
• Destroyed:1575
• Location:Echizen province
• Other Names: 朝倉館　(Asakura-yakata)
• Japanese: 一乗谷城 (Ichijoudani-jou)

Ichijôdani, also known as Asakura-yakata, was an Asakura clan fortress in Echizen province which Oda Nobunaga seized in 1575. It is said that after Asakura Yoshikage fled for Ôno, the fortress burned for three days.

Following archaeological surveys begun in 1971, some parts of the castle have been rebuilt.

Link

• Fukui city(Ichijodani ruin live camera)

References

• Nihon no Meijô
• Terada Shôichi (ed.) Meijô wo aruku 2: Kanazawa-jô. Tokyo: PHP Kenkyûsho,　2002.