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Collected by the Inagaki family, the Toba Daimyō from the mid-Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, as materials for military studies. There are about 350 illustrations, but there is no uniformity because only illustrations of castles, illustrations including castle towns, and old battlefield illustrations are mixed.
Another typical example of a castle picture in the Edo period is "The Shōhō Shiroezu", picture of the castle and castle town that the Edo Shogunate ordered the daimyō to create and submit,aggregating military information such as the buildings inside the castle, the height of the stone wall, the width of the moat and the water depth, etc., it also details the location and shape of the castle town and the mountain river.
Profile : Minowa Castle Ruins
| Location | Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture |
| Also known as | ー |
| Type of castle | Hilltop |
| Mountain's name | ー |
| Elevation | ー |
| Condition | Ruins only |
| Designation | National Historic Sites |
| Year built | 1512 |
| Abolished | 1598 |
| Castle lord | Nagano Narimasa |
| Refurbishment lord | Ii Naomasa |
It is one of the most famous battle in japanese history, fought by two warlords representing the Sengoku period, but it is not widely known that both of them were closely related to Nagano Narimasa, the lord of Minowa Castle.
He is famous for being a god and a lord of Nagano Narimasa. After the fall of the master, he declined the offer from the enemy Takeda Clan and went on a swordsmanship training journey. It is said that this was the birth of the founder of the Yagyū Shinkage School, which was passed down to Yagyū's own license. Yagyū clan would subsequently have a covert influence as the military commander of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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Nagano Narimasa, the lord of castle, was Yamanouchi Uesugi familly's vassal. After the destruction of his family, he protected Minowa Castle, and defeated Takeda Shingen six times. He was a great general called "Tiger in Jōshū District".
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