Shimizu Castle Ruins

Shimizu Castle Ruins

Shimizu Castle Ruins is the tomb of generations of castle owners who belong to the Shimizu clan, which ruled the larger part of the area called Mogami-gun during the Sengoku period (1467 to 1615).
The village here is called “Okura-mura,” named after a ministerial title of the seventh-generation castle owner Shimizu Yoshichika, who was a “minister of finance” in feudal society.