Onigajo (Saga) - Onigajo

Japanese: 鬼ヶ城(佐賀) - おにがじょう
Onigajo (Saga) - Onigajo

…Hamasaki, the center of the town, is on the left bank of the Tamashima River estuary and is at the eastern end of Niji-no-Matsubara. In the Middle Ages, the Kusano clan, the chief priest of Kagami Shrine (now Karatsu City), built Onigajo Castle on Shiroyama in the north and ruled the area. In the early modern period, Hamasaki prospered as an anchorage for trading ships. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oni-ga-jo (Saga)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…町の中心の浜崎は玉島川河口左岸にあり,虹ノ松原の東端にあたる。中世には,北部の城山に鏡神社(現,唐津市)の大宮司草野氏が鬼ヶ城を構え,一帯を支配した。浜崎は近世には廻船の停泊地として栄えた。…

※「鬼ヶ城(佐賀)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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