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*''Built: c. 12th-13th century''
*''Built: c. 12th-13th century''
*''Destroyed: [[1458]]''
*''Destroyed: [[1458]]''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 勝連城 ''(Katsuren-jou, Katsuren gusuku / Kacchin gushiku)''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': [[勝連]] 城 ''(Katsuren-jou, Katsuren gusuku / Kacchin gushiku)''
Katsuren castle was an [[Okinawa Island|Okinawan]] ''[[gusuku]]'' fortress on the Katsuren (or Yokatsu) peninsula, in the northeast of central Okinawa. Built around the 12th or 13th centuries, the castle flourished in the 14th and [early] 15th centuries through overseas trade, up until its fall in [[1458]], as the tenth lord of the castle, [[Amawari]], was defeated by the armies of the royal government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].
Katsuren castle was an [[Okinawa Island|Okinawan]] ''[[gusuku]]'' fortress on the Katsuren (or Yokatsu) peninsula, in the northeast of central Okinawa. Built around the 12th or 13th centuries, the castle flourished in the 14th and [early] 15th centuries through overseas trade, up until its fall in [[1458]], as the tenth lord of the castle, [[Amawari]], was defeated by the armies of the royal government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].