Shigisan Castle

Shigisan castle
信貴山城
Mount Shigi, border of Yamato and Kawachi Provinces, Japan
Mt Shigi (Shigisan Castle)
Site information
Typeyamashiro-type Japanese castle
Location
Shigisan castle
Shigisan castle
Site history
Built1536
Built byKizawa Nagamasa
In use1536–1577
Demolished1577
Battles/warsSiege of Shigisan (1577)
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Kizawa Nagamasa, Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide

Shigisan castle (信貴山城, Shigisanjō) was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. There are little remains of the castle on the present day site, just some moats and earthworks.