The outer gate of Ishikawa-mon. Kanazawa Castle Park was once the site of the Kanazawa Mido temple fortress established by the Kaga Ikki and the seat of Sakuma Morimasa (佐久間守正, 1554-1583), a retainer of Oda Nobunaga who was later captured by his rival Toyotomi Hideyoshi and beheaded. After the Battle of Shizugatake, Hideyoshi gave Kanazawa to Maeda Toshiie who commenced the full-scale construction of the castle.
