Edo Castle
Edo Castle[note 1] is a castle built on a flatland in the year 1457. It was built by Ōta Dōkan. It is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was restored by Tokugawa leyasu.[1] It was destroyed by fire many times.[2]
Edo Castle Media
Aerial view of the inner grounds of Edo Castle, today the location of Tokyo Imperial Palace
Map of Edo Castle grounds around 1849 (click to see legend)1) Ōoku 2) Naka-Oku 3) Omote 4) Ninomaru-Goten 5) Ninomaru 6) Momiji-yama 7) Nishinomaru 8) Fukiage 9) Kitanomaru 10) Unknown 11) Sannomaru 12) Nishinomaru-shita 13) Ōte-mae 14) Daimyō-Kōji
Ukiyo-e print depicting the assault of Asano Naganori on Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu no Ōrōka in 1701
In this 1847 map, the castle area is censored.
The appearance of the Honmaru and Ninomaru during the Edo period
The main tower (upper right) with the surrounding Honmaru palace, Bairinzaka, Hirakawaguchi gate and Ninomaru (lower part)
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Stone foundation of the main tower (tenshu) in 2023
Model of shiro shoin ("white study room"), used for meetings with imperial messengers
View onto Hamaguri-bori (front), Sakashita-mon (left), Hasuike-Tatsumi-Sanjū-yagura (right), Fujimi-yagura (center in the back) before 1870
Notes
- ↑ Tokyo used to be called Edo.
Sources
- ↑ "Map of Bushū Toshima District, Edo". www.wdl.org. 1682. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ↑ "皇居 ‐ 通信用語の基礎知識". www.wdic.org (in 日本語). Retrieved 2019-06-27.
