Kōnomine Castle
高嶺城
Yamaguchi (city), Japan
Stone walls of Main Base
Type	Mountaintop castle
Site information
Owner	Ōuchi clan, Mōri clan
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	1556
Built by	Ōuchi Yoshinaga
Demolished	1638
Garrison information
Past commanders	Ōuchi Yoshinaga, Ichikawa Tsuneyoshi

Kōnomine Castle (高嶺城, Kōnomine-jō) is a castle structure in Yamaguchi, Japan. It is located on a 338 meter mountain. ^{[1] [2]}

Kōnomine Castle was built in 1556 by Ōuchi Yoshinaga as a supporting castle of Ōuchi-shi Yakata, but Mōri Motonari`s army advanced to Suō Province, Ōuchi Yoshinaga left Ōuchi-shi Yakata and Kōnomine Castle without resistance. ^{[3] [4]}

In 1638, Kōnomine castle was abandoned. ^[1] The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017. ^[5]

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and moats left intact.

• De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN  978-9492722300.