 Kiyosu Castle

Kiyosu Castle was built between 1394 and 1427, to guard the strategic junction of the Ise Kaidō with the Nakasendō highways connecting Kyoto with Kamakura.The area was dominated by Shiba Yoshishige, then head of the Shiba clan and the "shugo" (governor) of Owari, Echizen and Tōtōmi Provinces.