Kanō Castle

Kanō Castle
加納城
Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Ruins of Kanō Castle
Site information
Typehirajiro-style Japanese castle
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruins
Location
Kanō Castle
Kanō Castle
Kanō Castle
Kanō Castle (Japan)
Coordinates35°23′58″N 136°45′37″E / 35.39944°N 136.76028°E / 35.39944; 136.76028
Site history
Built1602
Built byOkudaira Nobumasa
In useEdo period
Demolished1871

Kanō Castle (加納城, Kanō-jō) was a hirajirō-style Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was one of the few castles built after the Battle of Sekigahara and establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and was used as an administrative center of Kanō Domain under the end of the Edo period, but only its ruins, including the base of the tenshu and stone walls, remain today. The ruins were designated National Historic Site in 1983.