Iimori Castle

Japanese: 飯盛城 - いいもりじょう

A medieval mountain castle located on Iimoriyama (approximately 315m above sea level) between Hojo, Daito City, Osaka Prefecture and Minamino, Shijonawate City. It is also called Iimoriyama Castle. It is a stronghold with a panoramic view of the plains of Kawachi below, and is in an ideal location to control the East Koyasan Highway. During the Battle of Shijonawate in the early Nanboku-cho period, a subordinate of Takano Moronao on the Ashikaga side was stationed on Iimoriyama (Taiheiki, Volume 26), but it is unclear whether a full-scale castle had been built at the time. Later, in the early 16th century, Kizawa Nagamasa, a vassal of Hatakeyama Yoshihide, who ruled Kawachi, built it and became his residence. Later, Hatakeyama Ariuji, the guardian of half of Kawachi, resided in the castle, and it became the political center of northern Kawachi, but it was attacked and captured by Hosokawa Harumoto. It then became the castle of Miyoshi Nagayoshi, who moved his base from Akutagawa Castle (present-day Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture) to Imori Castle, which became the center of Kinai until Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto. During Nagayoshi's time as lord of the castle, many of his retainers were baptized into Christianity. At the foot of the mountain is the grave of Kusunoki Masatsura, who died in the Battle of Shijonawate, as well as Shijonawate Shrine, which enshrines Masatsura and 24 other people.
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Japanese:

大阪府大東市北条(ほうじょう)から四条畷(しじょうなわて)市南野(みなみの)にかけての飯盛山（標高約315m）にあった中世の山城。飯盛山城ともいう。河内(かわち)の平野部を眼下に一望する要害で，東高野街道を抑えるのに絶好の位置である。南北朝初期の四条畷合戦のとき，足利方高師直(こうのもろなお)の部将が飯盛山に陣取っているが（《太平記》巻26），当時本格的な城郭が築かれていたかどうかは不明。のち16世紀前期に河内を支配した畠山義英の被官木沢長政が築城して居城。その後河内半国守護畠山在氏(ありうじ)が在城して，北河内の政治的中心地となるが，細川晴元に攻められ落城。次いで三好長慶(ながよし)の持城となり，長慶は本拠を芥川(あくたがわ)城（現，大阪府高槻市）から飯盛城に移したため，以後織田信長の入京まで飯盛城が畿内の中心地となった。長慶が城主の時代，多数の家臣が洗礼を受けてキリシタンになっている。山麓に四条畷合戦で死んだ楠木正行(まさつら)の墓や正行以下24人を祀る四条畷神社がある。
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