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*''Japanese:''富山城''(Toyama-jou)''
*''Built:c. [[1543]]''
*''Type:Flatland''
*''Type:Flatland''
*''Founder:Sassa Narimasa''
*''Founder: [[Jinbo clan]]''
*''Demolished:[[1871]]''
*''Demolished:[[1871]]''
*''Reconstructed:1954([[Tenshu|Mogi Tenshu]])''
*''Reconstructed:1954([[Tenshu|Mogi Tenshu]])''
*''Location:[[Etchu province]]''
*''Location:[[Etchu province|Etchû province]]''
*''Japanese:''富山城''(Toyama-jou)''
Toyama castle was a Sengoku fortress in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]], the central power base of the [[Jinbo clan]]. In the [[Edo period]], it became the center of [[Toyama han]], governed by a branch of the [[Maeda clan]].
It was originally built by retainers of the Jinbo clan, sometime around 1543. It served as the center of the clan's power during struggles against the [[Shiina clan]] for dominance in the region.
The castle fell to [[Uesugi Kenshin]] in 1560, who allowed the Jinbo retainers to maintain control of it, after declaring their loyalty to the Uesugi. Under [[Kojima Motoshige]], Toyama repelled attacks from the [[Ikko-ikki|Ikkô-ikki]] of Etchû in 1572.
The castle soon fell, however, to the forces of [[Oda Nobunaga]], who installed [[Sassa Narimasa]] in Toyama in [[1581]]. Under Narimasa, the moats, foundation, and towers were expanded and renovated.
Following the death of Nobunaga, the castle came into the hands of the [[Maeda clan]]. [[Maeda Toshinaga]] retired to Toyama in 1605, passing on the position of ''daimyô'' of [[Kaga han]] to his brother [[Maeda Toshitsune]]. Around 1639, Toshitsune granted Toyama to his son [[Maeda Toshitsugu]] as a separate domain (''han'').
==Lords of Toyama==
*[[Jinbo clan]] (c. 1543-1581)
**[[Jinbo Nagatomo]] (? - 1560)
**[[Kojima Motoshige]] (c. 1570s; under Uesugi Kenshin)
*[[Sassa Narimasa]] (1581-1582; under Oda Nobunaga)
*[[Maeda Toshinaga]] (1605-1639)
*[[Maeda Toshitsugu]] (1639 - ?)
==Link==
==Link==
==References==
==References==
*[[Nihon no Meijo]]
*Inoue, Munekazu. ''[[Nihon no Meijo|Nihon no Meijô]]'' Yûzankaku Publishers, 1992.
*Terada Shôichi (ed.) ''Meijô wo aruku 2: Kanazawa-jô''. Tokyo: PHP Kenkyûsho, 2002.
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