is the remains of a castle structure in

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orc ...

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, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Sites. It is believed that the castle was constructed by the Kira clan in the

Ōei was a after '' Meitoku'' and before '' Shōchō''. This period spanned the years from July 1394 through April 1428. Reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1394 : The new era name was created because of plague. The previous era ended and ...

Period. Setagaya castle was a mere fortified residence when the castle was built but was expanded and improved the defences by Kira Naritaka in the Sengoku period. Later, Setagaya castle became one of the castles under the direct control of the

Later Hōjō clan The was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region. Their last name was simply Hōjō (北条) but in order to differentiate between the earlier Hōjō clan with the ...

. The castle was demolished soon after the Siege of Odawara in 1590. Setagaya castle park and

Gōtoku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Gōtokuji district of Setagaya ward, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the "cat temple" because of the Maneki-neko The ''maneki-neko'' (招き猫, ) is a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to br ...

Temple are on site.

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