Japan · 14th century
Iimoriyama Castle ranks #3,468 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #177 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1333, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,762 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Osaka, 14 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kansai. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Iimoriyama Castle (飯盛山城, Iimoriyama-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain. It was the original base of power for the Miyoshi clan.
Iimoriyama Castle was built by Kizawa Nagamasa and was later controlled by the Miyoshi clan.
Miyoshi Nagayoshi relocated his home castle from Akutagawayama Castle to Iimoriyama Castle in 1560. In 1564, Miyoshi Nagayoshi died in the castle.
The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.
The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls, moats and Dobashi bridges.
Text adapted from “Iimoriyama Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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