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A mountain castle site in Kochi prefecture, held by a retainer of the Aki and taken by the Chosokabe.
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The ruins of Himekura Castle in Kochi Prefecture. A mountain castle built in the Sengoku period as the residence of Himekura Ukyo (a retainer of the Aki clan), it fell to an attack by Chosokabe Motochika and was abandoned. It is now developed as Kochi Prefectural Tsukimiyama Children's Forest Park, where remains such as enclosures, earthworks and moats survive.
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