After Go-Hōjō's army defeated Takigawa Kazumasu's army in the Battle of Shintsugawa,[1] Matsuida Castle was seized and controlled by the Go-Hōjō clan.
[2] Daidōji Masashige expanded and improved the defences of the castle against a possible invasion of the Toyotomi clan.
[2] In 1590, after the outbreak of the Siege of Odawara, the castle was besieged by a big army of the Toyotomi clan and attacked by Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu and Sanada Masayuki.
[2][3][4] Its ruins have been protected as a Town designated historic site.
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