Shibata Castle

Shibata Castle is a flatland-fashion Japanese fortress located within the city of Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Shibata Castle become domestic to the Mizoguchi clan, daimyo of Shibata Domain. The citadel was additionally referred to as Ayame-jo Shibata Castle is positioned at the center of the present day city of Shibata, approximately 20 kilometers east of the city of Niigata. Historically, the region became a tremendous marsh made with the aid of Shinano River and the Agano River, which have been both crucial trade routes for Echigo Province.

The inner bailey of the citadel is a pentagonal area about one hundred meters in duration, surrounded by way of tall wall and kind of follows the outlines of the unique Shibata clan fortification. Following the Meiji restoration and subsequent abolition of the han system, the Mizobuchi extended family surrendered Shibata Castle to the new Meiji authorities. In 1871, the fortress changed into garrisoned by means of a detachment of the Imperial Japanese Army, and in 1873 most of the systems had been pulled down.