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*''Japanese'': 大聖寺城 ''(Daishouji-jou)''
Daishôji castle was the central powerbase of [[Shibata Katsuie]] in his 1580s campaign to conquer [[Kaga province]] and the surrounding regions. In the [[Edo period]] it became the center of the domain of [[Daishoji han|Daishôji han]].
The castle, located in what is today the city of [[Kaga (city)|Kaga]], roughly five km from the [[Ikko|Ikkô]] temple-fortress [[Daisho-ji|Daishô-ji]] from which it takes its name, was always a spiritually and strategically key location, since its establishment in the [[Kamakura period]].
The castle saw much action during the wars of the [[Nanbokucho|Nanboku-chô period]]; Shibata Katsuie seized it in [[1575]], and repaired and rebuilt the structure. He emerged victorious that autumn over the [[Kaga Ikki]] which had controlled the province.
The castle later came to be controlled by the [[Yamaguchi clan]], retainers of [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]]. [[Maeda Toshinaga]] seized it from [[Yamaguchi Munenaga]] in [[1600]]. [[Maeda Toshitsune]], the third daimyô of Kaga, established it as the center of a new domain, Daishôji han, in [[1639]], appointing his son [[Maeda Toshiharu]] its first lord. Toshiharu chose not to made his residence in the castle, however, constructing a mansion at the foot of the hill called Kawabata-ochin or Chôryû-tei, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property which survives today.
Though little sign remains of the ''honmaru'' today, ruins remain of the East and West baileys, the Ninomaru, the pond where horses were bathed, and other elements of the site. Though there is today relatively easy access to the castle, its mountainous location presents considerable challenges should a different route be taken, entering the complex from a different side.
==Lords of Daishôji==
*Shibata Katsuie (1575-?; under Oda Nobunaga)
*Yamaguchi Munenaga (?-1600; under Kobayakawa Hideaki)
*Maeda Toshinaga (1600-?)
*Maeda Toshiharu (1639-?)
==References==
*Terada Shôichi (ed.) ''Meijô wo aruku 2: Kanazawa-jô''. Tokyo: PHP Kenkyûsho, 2002.
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
Daishôji castle was the central powerbase of [[Shibata Katsuie]] in his 1580s campaign to conquer [[Kaga province]] and the surrounding regions. In the [[Edo period]] it became the center of the domain of [[Daishoji han|Daishôji han]].
The castle, located in what is today the city of [[Kaga (city)|Kaga]], roughly five km from the [[Ikko|Ikkô]] temple-fortress [[Daisho-ji|Daishô-ji]] from which it takes its name, was always a spiritually and strategically key location, since its establishment in the [[Kamakura period]].
The castle saw much action during the wars of the [[Nanbokucho|Nanboku-chô period]]; Shibata Katsuie seized it in [[1575]], and repaired and rebuilt the structure. He emerged victorious that autumn over the [[Kaga Ikki]] which had controlled the province.
The castle later came to be controlled by the [[Yamaguchi clan]], retainers of [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]]. [[Maeda Toshinaga]] seized it from [[Yamaguchi Munenaga]] in [[1600]]. [[Maeda Toshitsune]], the third daimyô of Kaga, established it as the center of a new domain, Daishôji han, in [[1639]], appointing his son [[Maeda Toshiharu]] its first lord. Toshiharu chose not to made his residence in the castle, however, constructing a mansion at the foot of the hill called Kawabata-ochin or Chôryû-tei, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property which survives today.
Though little sign remains of the ''honmaru'' today, ruins remain of the East and West baileys, the Ninomaru, the pond where horses were bathed, and other elements of the site. Though there is today relatively easy access to the castle, its mountainous location presents considerable challenges should a different route be taken, entering the complex from a different side.
==Lords of Daishôji==
*Shibata Katsuie (1575-?; under Oda Nobunaga)
*Yamaguchi Munenaga (?-1600; under Kobayakawa Hideaki)
*Maeda Toshinaga (1600-?)
*Maeda Toshiharu (1639-?)
==References==
*Terada Shôichi (ed.) ''Meijô wo aruku 2: Kanazawa-jô''. Tokyo: PHP Kenkyûsho, 2002.
[[Category:Castles]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]