Shakujii Castle

35°44′14″N 139°35′48″E / 35.737282°N 139.596791°E / 35.737282; 139.596791

Shakujii Castle
石神井城
Shakujii Park, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
The ruins of Shakujii Castle
Site information
TypeKamakura period Japanese castle
Controlled byToshima clan
ConditionTraces remain; location is within a public park
Location
Shakujii Castle
石神井城
Shakujii Castle
石神井城
Site history
BuiltKamakura period (1185-1333)
MaterialsWood, earthworks
Demolishedlate 1470s
Battles/warsKyōtoku Rebellion (1477)

Shakujii castle (石神井城, -jō) was a Japanese castle along the Shakujii River, in what is now Shakujii Park, in Tokyo's Nerima. The history of the inheritance of the feudal territory associated with it is the most clearly known of all territories in what is today Tokyo.