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Kami-Akasaka Castle

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protected by dry moats, spread over the mountain and formed a letter "H" connecting two peaks and the intervening saddle. From the entry to the inner enclosures was a narrow path with several gates. In early 1333, Kusunoki Masashige joined forces with Prince Moriyoshi and recovered Shimo-Akasaka
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Castle and resumed his offense against the shogunate. The shogunate responded with a large army which laid siege to Kami-Akasaka Castle, which was defended by Kusunoki Masashige's brother
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Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp123–4
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to raise an army. However, this first attempt failed, and Emperor Go-Daigo was captured and exiled to the
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and escaped into the deep mountains of his own territory where he constructed Kami-Akasaka Castle and
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forces in 1360. It is now largely ruins with little remaining evidence of the original structure.
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Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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http://www.japancastle.jp/2014/12/Kamiakasaka-castle.html
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Kami-Akasaka Castle is located at a ridge extending from
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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Kusunoki Castle

Kami-Akasaka Castle is located in Osaka Prefecture
Kami-Akasaka Castle is located in Japan
34°26′52.8″N 135°37′50.9″E / 34.448000°N 135.630806°E / 34.448000; 135.630806
Japanese castle
Kusunoki Masashige
National Historic Site of Japan
Kamakura period
Japanese castle
Chihayaakasaka
Osaka Prefecture
National Historic Site
Mount Kongō
Kawachi Province
Yoshino region
Yamato Province
Emperor Go-Daigo
Kamakura shogunate
Genkō War
Prince Moriyoshi
Kusunoki Masashige
Oki Islands
Siege of Akasaka
Chihaya Castle
enclosures
Kusunoki Masasue
Kenmu restoration
Southern Court
Nanboku-chō period

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