In the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), Mototsune HOSOKAWA of the HOSOKAWA clan held it, and later, Tomomichi IWANARI, a chief retainer of the MIYOSHI clan, became its owner.
戦国時代には細川氏の細川元常、続いて三好氏重臣岩成友通が城主となる。