Sanada-shi Yakata

Sanada-shi Yakata
真田氏館
Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Sanada-shi Yakata (Kōtai Shrine)
Type	Hirajiro-style castle
Site information
Owner	Sanada clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1551
Built by	Sanada Yukitaka
Demolished	1585
Garrison information
Past commanders	Sanada Yukitaka Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Masayuki

Sanada-shi Yakata (真田氏館, Sanada-shi Yakata) is the remains of a fortified residence of the Sanada clan in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The site is believed that it was a main bastion of the Sanada clan until Sanada Masayuki moved their base to Ueda Castle in 1585.^[1]

Sanada-shi Yakata was considered unsuitable for withstanding a siege and Sanada clan had such castles as Sanada-shi Honjō Castle and Tenpaku Castle near the residence.^[2]

Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Sites.^[3] The residence is now only ruins, with some stone walls, moats, and earthworks.^[1] Kōtai Shrine which was built by Sanada Masayuki when Sanada clan left the residence is on site.^[4] Sanada clan Historical Museum is adjacent to the site.^[5][6]

• 
  Earthwork of Sanada-shi Yakata
• 
  Sanada clan Historical Museum
• 
  Sanada-shi Honjō Castle

• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nagano)
• Sanada