Ota Castle

History

The first castle was built by the Kishu during the Entoku era(1489-1492). It was a flatland castle 273m from West to East and 218m from North to South. The Ôta family reinforced the castle in the early 1500's. The castle sustained 2 major sieges. The first one in 1577, during the expansion of Oda Nobunaga's territories. The second one happened during the Komaki-Nagakute campaign. The Ôta were allies to Tokugawa Ieyasu and took Kishiwada castle from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Thereupon, Hideyoshi subdued Ôta castle by using his inundation tactic in 1585. The castle was abandoned after that. There is a more detailed history on the Japanese Wikipedia page of the castle. Now the main bailey is where Raikôji temple is situated and the surroundings have been completely urbanized.

Visit Notes

The relocated gate or Daimon is situated at the Dairyûji at : 6 Hashimukaicho, Wakayama, 640-8327, Japan

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Gallery

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  Entrance to Raikouji or Ota castle
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  Information panel about Ota castle
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  temple grounds
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  temple grounds
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  temple grounds
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  one of the sign posts to the temple/castle ruins
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  relocated Daimon gate at Dairyûji
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  relocated Daimon gate at Dairyûji
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  relocated Daimon gate at Dairyûji
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  relocated Daimon gate at Dairyûji
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  Dairyûji temple

Castle Profile
English Name	Ota Castle
Japanese Name	太田城
Founder	Kishu
Year Founded	Entoku era(1489-1492)
Castle Type	Flatland
Castle Condition	No main keep but other buildings
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Artifacts	The gate of Dairyûji temple is said to be the Daimon of Ôta castle
Features	gates
Visitor Information
Access	JR Wakayama station east exit; 7min walk(550m)
Visitor Information
Time Required	20min
Website	https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E7%94%B0%E5%9F%8E (%E7%B4%80%E4%BC%8A%E5%9B%BD)
Location	Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture
Coordinates	34° 13' 50.02" N, 135° 11' 45.67" E
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Added to Jcastle	2022
Contributor	Furinkazan
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ARTShogun

16 months ago

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These kind of sites parastically get a disproportionate amount of traffic from castle fans due to being close to larger ones, but there's nothing wrong with that. It is well that you hunted down the relocated structure!

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FurinkazanDaimyo

16 months ago

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ART, I didn't know about the relocated gate and saw it, per chance, passing it. It was a nice gate in front of a temple and when I saw the information panel next to it, I noticed it was a relocated gate of Ota castle.

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ARTShogun

16 months ago

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Lucky!

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