Iwamura Castle
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| Iwamura Castle 岩村城 |
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| Iwamura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan | |
 Castle ruins |
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| Type | Mountaintop castle |
| Coordinates | 35°21′36″N 137°27′04″E / 35.36°N 137.45111°ECoordinates: 35°21′36″N 137°27′04″E / 35.36°N 137.45111°E |
| Built | 1185 |
| Demolished | 1871 |
| Occupants | Tōyama clan, Mori clan, Matsudaira clan, Niwa clan |
Iwamura Castle (岩村城 Iwamura-jō) was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day town of Iwamura in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture.
[edit] History
From the 13th to 16th centuries, it was in the fief of the Tōyama clan (遠山氏 Tōyama-shi). In 1572, after the Siege of Iwamura, Takeda Shingen took the castle and entrusted it to Akiyama Nobutomo. In 1575, Oda Nobunaga attacked and took the castle and placed it under the command of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi in turn transferred power of Iwamura Castle to Tamaru Tomotada. After the Battle of Sekigahara, it was occupied under Tokugawa rule by the Ogyu Daimyo from 1601 to 1638, by the Niwa clan from 1638 to 1702, and finally by the Ishikawa clan from 1702 until the end of the Tokugawa period in 1868.
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