A fortification was first built here by the Regent Kujō Michiie in 1245 to protect the extensive estates he had in this region.

However, the Ito clan was expelled by Shōi the chief priest of Gansho-ji and became a stronghold of the Ikkō-ikki movement.

The castle was later rebuilt by Takigawa Kazumasu and after the Battle of Shizugatake was assigned to Oda Nobukatsu.

After a large earthquake in 1586 which caused the collapse of its tenshu, Oda Nobukatsu relocated his seat to Kiyosu Castle.

[1] In addition, a large Japanese black pine tree estimated to be more than 300 years old, survives in what was once the southwest corner of the main enclosure (within the grounds of the Nagashima Chubu Elementary School).