Seki Castle (Chikusei)
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Seki Castle (関城, Seki-jō) is a hirayama-style Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the Makabe District, Hitachi Province in what is now the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934.[1]
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Seki Castle | |
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関城 | |
Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | |
Coordinates | 36°13′31.6″N 139°57′49.7″E |
Type | hirayama-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | no (No public facilities) |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1192 AD Kamakura period |
Built by | Seki clan |
In use | Nanboku-chō period |
Demolished | 1343 |
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