Toba Castle
| Toba Castle 鳥羽城 |
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| Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan | |
Portion of the foundations of the Main Keep of Toba Castle
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| Coordinates | 34°28′50.98″N 136°50′40.38″E / 34.4808278°N 136.8445500°ECoordinates: 34°28′50.98″N 136°50′40.38″E / 34.4808278°N 136.8445500°E |
| Type | flatland-style Japanese castle |
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| Open to the public |
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| Condition | ruins |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1594 |
| Built by | Kuki Yoshitaka |
| In use | Edo period |
| Demolished | 1871 |
Toba Castle (鳥羽城 Toba-jō?) was a Japanese castle (now in ruins) located in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Toba Castle was the administrative center for Toba Domain, a feudal domain of Shima Province under the Tokugawa shogunate. The site has been proclaimed a Prefectural Historic Site by the Mie Prefectural government.
Located on the coast of Ise Bay, with its main gate facing the ocean, Toba Castle was also known as the Floating Castle of Toba (鳥羽の浮城 Toba-no-uki-jō?) or the Two-color Castle (二色城 Nishoku-jō?) (from the fact that its seaward side was painted black, and landward side painted white).
The castle was constructed in 1594 by Kuki Yoshitaka, an admiral under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who commanded a force of Japanese pirates, who dominated the Ise Bay area in the Sengoku period. The Kuki clan ruled for three generations until 1633.
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