Kakegawa Castle

Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Main keep of Kakegawa Castle
The Ni-no-Maru Goten
Site information
TypeHirayama-style Japanese castle
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionexant palace and other buildings, reconstruction of tenshu and other buildings from 1994
Location
Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Coordinates34°46′32″N 138°00′53″E / 34.775417°N 138.014733°E / 34.775417; 138.014733
Site history
Built1469–1487,
Built byAsahina Yasuhiro, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, others
In useEdo period
Demolished1869

Kakegawa Castle (掛川城, Kakegawa-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.