was a located in

Owase is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 16,910 in 9177 households and a population density of 88 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Owase is located in southeastern Kii Peni ...

, Mie Prefecture,

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. It was built by

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History

The castle was built around the Sengoku period, but was attacked by

Horinouchi Ujiyoshi Horinouchi may refer to: * Horinouchi, Niigata, a former town in Kitauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan * Horinouchi Station, a railway station in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan People with the surname *, Japanese diplomat See also ...

and it fell in 1582. Whatever few remains survive of this era are maintained as a park now.