Sunomata castle - Wikipedia Sunomata castle Sunomata Castle 墨俣 城 Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Sunomata Castle on the banks of the Sai River Coordinates 35 ° 22 ′ 1.54 '' N 136 ° 41 ′ 15.76 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 35.3670944 ° N 136.6877111 ° E ﻿ / 35.3670944 ; 136.6877111 Coordinates : 35 ° 22 ′ 1.54 '' N 136 ° 41 ′ 15.76 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 35.3670944 ° N 136.6877111 ° E ﻿ / 35.3670944 ; 136.6877111 Type Japanese castle Site information Condition reconstructed Site history Built 1567 Built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tenshu Sunomata Castle ( 墨俣 城, Sunomata - jō ) is a Japanese castle in Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture at the confluence of the Kizu and Nagara rivers. It is also called the Sunomata Ichiya Castle ( 墨俣 一夜 城 ), due to the legend that it was built in one night. The castle was constructed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, at the time a minor retainer of Oda Nobunaga, while they were pressing the Siege of Inabayama Castle in the mid-16th century. `` The work of building at Sunomata was done by a band of adventurers under the direction of a local robber baron named Hachisuka. '' Hideyoshi used pre-constructed sections to put up the fortress and it was finished so quickly that it gave the impression that it was done overnight, although the work took several days to complete. Hideyoshi 's success with the construction of this castle greatly raised his prestige and standing with Nobunaga, and marked the start of his rise to fame. The `` castle '' was more of a wooden walled fortress, with simple watchtowers, wooden palisades, and dry moats. In reality, it was more of a border fort than a full sized castle, and was intended to intimidate, surprise and demoralize the enemy. A faux castle tower was been reconstructed in 1991 to serve as a local history museum. The reconstruction is not historically accurate, as it was modeled after the nearby Ōgaki Castle, although it contains a model of what the castle actually looked like in the museum, along with samurai armor and weapons of that time. The castle is also noted as a site to view cherry blossoms during spring. External links Photos with detailed descriptions References Jump up ^ Sansom, George ( 1961 ). A History of Japan, 1334 -- 1615. Stanford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 0804705259. Jump up ^ Sunomata Ichiya Castle. Ōgaki City. Accessed November 8, 2010. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sunomata Castle. This article about a Japanese building -- or structure -- related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunomata_Castle&oldid=834468086 '' Categories : Castles in Gifu Prefecture Museums in Gifu Prefecture History museums in Japan Japanese building and structure stubs Hidden categories : Articles containing Japanese - language text Coordinates on Wikidata All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Español Euskara Français 한국어 日本 語 Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 21 : 57. About Wikipedia

Question: who built the castle in just one day
Answer: Toyotomi Hideyoshi