The Nagoya area was home to several fortifications that predated the current version of Nagoya castle. The first recorded structure was built by [[Shiba Takatsune]] at Kiyosu west of Nagoya late in the fourteenth century. This castle was eventually taken by [[Oda Nobunaga]] while unifying the province of [[Owari province|Owari]]. The [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa family]] constructed the first known castle in Nagoya around 1525 (attributed to [[Imagawa Ujichika]]). This castle also fell to the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family, in this case [[Oda Nobuhide]], who took the castle in [[1532]] from [[Imagawa Ujitoyo]]. | The Nagoya area was home to several fortifications that predated the current version of Nagoya castle. The first recorded structure was built by [[Shiba Takatsune]] at Kiyosu west of Nagoya late in the fourteenth century. This castle was eventually taken by [[Oda Nobunaga]] while unifying the province of [[Owari province|Owari]]. The [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa family]] constructed the first known castle in Nagoya around 1525 (attributed to [[Imagawa Ujichika]]). This castle also fell to the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family, in this case [[Oda Nobuhide]], who took the castle in [[1532]] from [[Imagawa Ujitoyo]]. |