Tatebayashi Castle
| Tatebeyashi Castle 館林城 |
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| Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan | |
Dobashi-mon of Tatebayashi Castle
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 36°14′39.25″N 139°32′28.8″E / 36.2442361°N 139.541333°E |
| Type | flatland-style Japanese castle |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public |
yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 15th century rebuilt 1590 |
| Built by | Akai Terumitsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa |
| In use | Edo period |
| Demolished | 1872 |
Tatebayashi Castle｜館林城 (Tatebayashi-jō?) is a Japanese castle located in Tatebayashi, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tatebayashi Castle was home to the Akimoto clan, daimyō of Tatebayashi Domain, but the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history. The castle was also known as "Obiki-jō" (尾曳城?).
During the Muromachi period, the area around Tatebayashi was controlled by the Akai clan, although records for this period are very uncertain. According to legend, Akai Terumitsu saved a young fox from naughty children, and then in the evening an Inari appeared and recommended a location for his castle, drawing a design for the fortifications on the ground by its tail. The name of Tatebayashi castle first appears in reliable documents dated 1471, when the Uesugi clan ordered an attack on the castle. The territory was contested in the Sengoku period between the Uesugi, Takeda and Late Hōjō clans (through their retainers, the Nagao clan). It was captured by Ishida Mitsunari during the Battle of Odawara without a struggle.
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