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This castle was Oda Nobunaga’s first base to unite the whole country.
In 1405, the Shugo (governor) of Owari (current Aichi prefecture), Yoshishige Shiba, dominated this castle as an annex of Shimotsu Castle.
A historically famous military commander, Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) made a triumphal entry from Nagoya Castle and decided this castle to be his military base in 1555. He departed from the castle for “the battle of Okehazama” which is well known as his dramatic victory. He was attacked to death by Mitsuhide Akechi in the Honnō-ji Incident when he almost united the whole country. After his death, the meeting deciding his successor “the Kiyosu Conference” was held in the castle.
The current castle was rebuilt in 1989 and the many exhibitions placed inside the castle tell us how the Warring States period was. Particularly, the exhibition of the theme, “Kiyosu Castle and the castle town”, is interesting in which we can learn about the whole aspect of the city function of the castle town thriving during the Warring States period. Other exhibitions explain how the relationship was deep between Kiyosu and military commanders in this period for example Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) is recommended.
Kiyosu Castle is said to be located on the same ground as the current Kiyosu-kojoato park on the opposite bank of Gojo River at that time. There is the stone monument written “The ruin of Kiyosu Castle”, a small shrine enshrining Oda Nobunaga, and statues of Nobunaga and his wife Nohime in the park. Cherry blossom flowers brilliantly bloom in spring on the bank of Gojo River and Kiyosu-kojoato park and many people visit here for viewing.
Kiyosu castle was rebuilt in 1989.
The castle tower viewing from Geino-Bunka museum (Entertainment and culture museum) .
It is crowded by many people during cherry blossom season.
Geino-Bunka museum (Entertainment and culture museum)
The statues of Oda Nobunaga and his wife, Nohime.
Many exhibitions tell you a lot about Kiyosu and the military commanders.
城內陳列著豐富的歷史文物和文化遺產，展示了戰國時代和江戶時代的生活風貌和文化藝術。
光是能夠體驗武士裝扮就值回票價。
很精緻小巧的城，裡面有很多展示品跟歷史資料介紹，中文導覽說明也很詳細。
