was a flatland castle located in Echizen,

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. Today, a memorial to the castle can be seen at what is now Shōgaku-ji.

References

*http://www.takekawa.net/castle/html/shiro/koushinetsu/fukui/shinzenkouji.html (Japanese) Archaeological sites in Japan Castles in Fukui Prefecture Former castles in Japan {{japan-struct-stub