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Sakamoto Castle

Japanese castle
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Summary

Sakamoto Castle is a Japanese castle[1]. It draws 1,847 Wikipedia views per month (japanese castle category, ranking #36 of 242).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shimo-Sakamoto[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Biwa[5]
  • Instance of: water castle[6], destroyed building or structure[7]
  • Commissioned by: Akechi Mitsuhide[8]
  • Commons category: Sakomoto Castle[9]
  • Inception: 1571[10]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1586[11]
  • Replaced by: Ōtsu Castle[12]
  • Short name: Sakamoto[13]

Why It Matters

Sakamoto Castle is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Akechi Mitsuhide Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1571-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinates → —
    Dissolved → —
    Replaced by → Ōtsu Castle
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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