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    Somayama Castle (杣山城, Somayama-jō) was a Kamakura period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the town of Nanjō (now part of the town of Minamiechizen)...
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    for three months at Kanegasaki Castle by Ashikaga Takauji. Nitta's ally Uryū Tamotsu was forced back to the Somayama Castle in March 1337, and Nitta Yoshisada...
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    Route 417 National Route 476 Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park Somayama Castle, National Historic Site "Official statistics of Minamiechizen" (in...
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  • of national significance (including one *Special Historic Site); Genbao Castle Site spans the prefectural borders with Shiga. As of 1 May 2019, twenty-nine...
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    Takauji. Nitta's ally Uryū Tamotsu was forced back to the fortress of Somayama in March 1337, and Nitta Yoshisada joined him there soon afterwards, hoping...
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    passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Nanjō Town Hall Site of Somayama Castle Nanjō Elementary School Nanjō Junior High School National Route 365...
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  • Shiba's castle, which fell soon afterwards. Two years later, Shiba was ordered by the shogun Ashikaga Takauji to attack Uryū's fortress at Somayama. The...
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