Tateyama Castle
| Tateyama Castle 館山城 |
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| Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
Reconstructed Main Keep of Tateyama Castle
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 34°58′53.41″N 139°51′20.44″E / 34.9815028°N 139.8556778°E |
| Type | hilltop-style Japanese castle |
| Site information | |
| Owner | reconstructed 1982 |
| Open to the public |
yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1580 |
| Built by | Satomi Yoshiyori |
| In use | Edo period |
| Demolished | 1614 |
Tateyama Castle (館山城 Tateyama-jō?) is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan. The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城?).
Satomi Yoshiyori, virtually independent lord of all of the Bōsō Peninsula during the Sengoku Period, erected Tateyama Castle in 1580 to guard the entry to Edo Bay and the southern portions of his domains. After the Satomi clan was destroyed by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1614 and Tateyama Domain suppressed, the castle was allowed to fall into ruin.
In 1781, the domain was reinstated, with Inaba Masaaki as the first daimyō of Tateyama Domain under the Inaba clan. He rebuilt the fortifications of the old castle, but apparently did not erect a donjon, as his successor, Inaba Masatake was only allowed to build a jinya fortified residence. The Inaba clan remained in residence at Tateyama until the Meiji Restoration.
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