With the expansion of the Satomi clan from Awa Province in the Sengoku period, the castle was taken over by Satomi Yoshitaka, who used it as his base of operations against the Hōjō clan, based from Odawara Castle.

Following the Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi punished the Satomi clan by depriving them of their territories in Kazusa Province.

The domain was suppressed in 1679, and Kururi Castle was allowed to fall into ruin.

He rebuilt the fortifications of the old castle, and his descendants continued to rule Kururi Domain until the Meiji Restoration.

In 1872, by orders of the Meiji government, the surviving structures of Kururi Castle were destroyed.