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*''Destroyed: c. [[1603]]''
*''Destroyed: c. [[1603]]''
*''Location: Tachibana Mountain, outside of [[Fukuoka]], [[Chikuzen province]]''
*''Location: Tachibana Mountain, outside of [[Fukuoka]], [[Chikuzen province]]''
*''Held by: [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]] (1330-1569, 1569-1586), [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] (1569), [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (1586-1598), [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]/[[Tokugawa shogunate]] (1598-c. 1603)
*''Held by: [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]] (1330-1569, 1569-1586), [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] (1569), [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (1586-1598), [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]/[[Tokugawa Shogunate]] (1598-c. 1603)
*''Japanese:'' 立花城 ''(Tachibana-jou)''
*''Japanese:'' 立花城 ''(Tachibana-jou)''
Tachibana castle was a [[castle]] in [[Chikuzen province]], in the north of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]]; it was located at the peak of Tachibana Mountain, extending in part into what is now [[Fukuoka]]'s Higashi-ku. The castle is also known as ''Rikka-jō'', ''Tachibanayama-jō'', or ''Rikkasan-jō'' (立花山城, ''Tachibana mountain castle'').
Tachibana castle was a [[castle]] in [[Chikuzen province]], in the north of [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]]; it was located at the peak of Tachibana Mountain, extending in part into what is now [[Fukuoka]]'s Higashi-ku. The castle is also known as ''Rikka-jō'', ''Tachibanayama-jō'', or ''Rikkasan-jō'' (立花山城, ''Tachibana mountain castle'').
The castle was originally built in 1330, by [[Otomo Sadatoshi|Ôtomo Sadatoshi]], ''[[Shugo]]'' of [[Bungo province]], as a show of support to the [[Tachibana clan (samurai)|Tachibana clan]]. Since it was in a tactically powerful location, looking down upon the port town of [[Hakata]], the castle was fought over throughout the Sengoku period by the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]], [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]], and [[Mori clan|Môri clan]]s.
The castle was originally built in 1330, by [[Otomo Sadatoshi|Ôtomo Sadatoshi]], ''[[Shugo]]'' of [[Bungo province]], as a show of support to the [[Tachibana clan (samurai)|Tachibana clan]]. Since it was in a tactically powerful location, looking down upon the port town of [[Hakata]], the castle was fought over throughout the Sengoku period by the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]], [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]], and [[Mori clan|Môri clans]].
In one of the more significant sieges, the Ôtomo clan lost the castle to the Môri clan in [[1569]], who had become one of the most skilled and powerful clans in the field of naval warfare; their use of Western-style cannon granted them a large advantage in this battle. They abandoned it soon afterwards, however, following a defeat at [[Battle of Tatarahama (1569)|Tatarahama]] to an allied Ôtomo-[[Amako clan]] force.
In one of the more significant sieges, the Ôtomo clan lost the castle to the Môri clan in [[1569]], who had become one of the most skilled and powerful clans in the field of naval warfare; their use of Western-style cannon granted them a large advantage in this battle. They abandoned it soon afterwards, however, following a defeat at [[Battle of Tatarahama (1569)|Tatarahama]] to an allied Ôtomo-[[Amako clan]] force.
