Matsuida Castle

Matsuida Castle (松井田城, Matsuida-jō)) is the remains of a castle structure in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

Matsuida Castle
松井田城
Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Site information
Type	Yamajiro-style castle
Controlled by	Annaka clan, Takeda clan, Go-Hōjō clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	Muromachi period
Built by	Annaka clan
Demolished	1590
Events	Siege of Matsuida Castle
Garrison information
Past commanders	Annaka Tadamasa, Daidōji Masashige

After Go-Hōjō's army defeated Takigawa Kazumasu's army in the Battle of Shintsugawa,^[1] Matsuida Castle was seized and controlled by the Go-Hōjō clan.^[2]

Daidōji Masashige expanded and improved the defences of the castle against a possible invasion of the Toyotomi clan.^[2] In 1590, after the outbreak of the Siege of Odawara, the castle was besieged by a big army of the Toyotomi clan and attacked by Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu and Sanada Masayuki.^[2] Masashige surrendered after about a month of siege.^[2][3][4]

Its ruins have been protected as a Town designated historic site.^[5]