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Sawayama Castle

Sawayama Castle was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province. The Azai clan held this castle in the Sengoku Period. Niwa Nagahide held it after the ruin of the Azai clan and later, Ishida Mitsunari in the end of the 16th century.

Notable people
• Isono Tamba-no-kami, an officer of Azai Nagamasa ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:The Mt Sawa is looked at from Hikone Castle Shiga.jpg|Mt Sawa seen from Hikone Castle File:佐和山城.jpg|Stone wall File:Sawayama-jo ruin.JPG|Honmaru Base File:Ryutan-ji sawayama.JPG|In front of Ryutan-ji Temple, which is the entrance to the mountain trail to the castle File:Sawayama_Castle_Site.jpg|Sawayama Castle Ruins File:View_of_hikone-jo_from_sawayama-jo_ruins.JPG|Hikone Castle overlooking Sawayama Castle Honmaruto == Further reading ==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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