駒犬城跡（こまいぬじょうあと）

現在、 東園寺境内に所在し、 大部分が墓地となっています。 室町時代（約600年前）に東園寺雷神山上に駒犬城がありました。駒犬城はもと源頼朝の家臣伊沢氏 （留守氏と改める）の城でしたが、後に留守氏の重臣佐藤信高の居城となったので、佐藤舘とも呼ばれたようです。「新撰陸奥風土記」に「鹽竈神社の東南の山に佐藤信高という者の城跡がある」と記されています。元亀元年に廃城となりました。

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Monument of the ruins of Komainu castle

DESCRIPTION

Currently, the monument is located in Toen temple. Much of its area is used as a cemetery now. In the Muromachi period (about 600 years ago) there was a castle called Komainu on top of Toenji-raijin mountain. Komainu castle was originally the property of a Mr. Isawa (later changed to Mr. Rusu), who was a vassal of Yoritomo Minamoto. Later, it became a residential castle of Nobutaka Sato, who was a senior statesman of Mr. Rusu. Thus it is also known as Sato castle. In the record of Shinsen-mutsu-fudoki, there is a sentence which reads: “There are ruins of a castle of Nobutaka Sato on the mountain of Southeast of Shiogama shrine.” In the first year of Genki, it became an abandoned castle.

LOCATION

4-1 Asahicho, Shiogama, Miyagi