Japanese mountain castles include those of Korean style, which built from the Kinki region to the north of Kyushu from the Asuka period to the Nara period, those built in the late Sengoku period (period of warring states) and those built in the early modern period, from the latter part of the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the Edo period.
日本の山城は、飛鳥時代から奈良時代の近畿から九州北部にかけて築かれた朝鮮式山城、中世・戦国時代(日本)までに築かれた中世山城、戦国末期の戦国山城、安土桃山時代後期から江戸時代までに築かれた近世山城がある。