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The main tower or donjon of Edo Castle, from a 17th century screen painting

The old Nijūbashi before it was replaced with a European-style bridge during the Meiji-era

View onto a moat, gate, turret and walls. None of the walls and many gates do not exist anymore

Sakurada-mon (left), the place where the Tairō Ii Naosuke was assassinated in 1860

Aerial view of the inner grounds of Edo Castle, today the location of Tokyo Imperial Palace

Edo Castle (江戸城 Edo-jō), also known under the name Chiyoda Castle (千代田城 Chiyoda-jō), is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, but was then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. Tairō (大老 lit "great elder" was a high-ranking official position in the Bakuhan taisei government of Japan. was daimyo of Hikone (1850 – 1860 and also Tairō of Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23 1858 until his death on Ōta Dōkan (太田道灌 (1432-1486 also known as Ōta Sukenaga (太田資長 or Ōta Dōkan Sukenaga was a Japanese Samurai warrior-poet military is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English it calls itself Chiyoda City officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. literally bay - Door, " Estuary " edo once also spelled Yedo or Yeddo, is the was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here, and as the residence of the shogun and location of the bakufu, it functioned as the military capital during the Edo period of Japanese history. was the founder and first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts During the Meiji Restoration, it became the residence of the Emperor of Japan, or in Japanese kōkyo. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. is the imperial main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in Chiyoda Tokyo close to Tokyo Station and contains various buildings Some moats, walls and ramparts survive. A moat is deep broad Trench, usually filled with Water, that surrounds a structure installation or town normally to provide it with a preliminary line of See also List of cities with defensive walls A defensive wall is a Fortification used to defend a city or settlement from potential aggressors However, during the Edo period, the grounds were much more extensive, with Tokyo Station and the Marunouchi section of the city lying within the outermost moat. is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Marunouchi (丸の内 is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. It also encompassed Kita-no-maru Park, the Nippon Budokan Hall and other landmarks of the area. The, often shortened to just "Budokan" is an arena in central Tokyo, Japan

1 Early history
2 Edo period
3 Modern Tokyo
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
7 Gallery: Castle in perspective

Early history

Around the end of the Heian or the beginning of the Kamakura period, Edo Shigetsugu became the first warrior to establish his base in the area. The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura Shogun He built his residence in what is now the Honmaru and Ninomaru part of Edo Castle. The Edo clan perished in the fifteenth century as a result of uprisings in the Kantō region, and Ota Dokan, a retainer of the Ogigayatsu Uesugi family, built Edo Castle in 1457. The is a Geographical area of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan. Ōta Dōkan (太田道灌 (1432-1486 also known as Ōta Sukenaga (太田資長 or Ōta Dōkan Sukenaga was a Japanese Samurai warrior-poet military The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (roughly 14th-17th

The castle came under the control of the Late Hōjō clan. The was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region The Siege of Odawara of 1590 left the castle vacant, and when Toyotomi Hideyoshi offered Tokugawa Ieyasu six eastern provinces, Ieyasu accepted, making Edo Castle his base. The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi 's campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power was the founder and first Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate He later defeated Toyotomi Hideyori, son of Hideyoshi, at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and emerged as the political leader of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼 Toyotomi Hideyori) 1593 - June 5, 1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Background and pretext Even though Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan and consolidated his power following the Siege of Odawara in 1590 his ill-fated

Edo period

Tokugawa Ieyasu received the title of Seii Taishogun in 1603. is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" Edo Castle was the center of Tokugawa administration. The grounds grew with the addition of Nishinomaru, Nishinomaru-shita, Fukiage, and Kitanomaru to the existing Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru. The perimeter measured 16 km. Ieyasu mobilized the daimyo to carry out the construction, which reached completion in 1636, while his grandson Iemitsu was shogun. The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川家光 August 12, 1604 — June 8, 1651) sometimes

Originally, Edo Castle had a tenshu, or central donjon, in the style typical of castles of Japan. were Fortresses composed primarily of wood and stone They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries and came into their most well-known form in the 16th century However, the tenshu was destroyed along with many other sections of the castle grounds in the 1657 Meireki fire; it was never rebuilt. Despite this, jidaigeki (such as Abarembo Shogun) set in Edo usually depict Edo Castle as having a donjon, and substitute Himeji Castle for that purpose. is a Genre of Film, Television, and Theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and the period is usually the Edo period was a Japanese Television program on the TV Asahi network Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune is a flatland-mountain Japanese castle complex located in Himeji in Hyōgo Prefecture and comprising 83 Wooden Buildings It is occasionally

On April 21, 1701, in Matsu no Ōrōka (the Great Pine Corridor) of Edo Castle, Asano Takumi-no-kami drew his short sword and attempted to kill Kira Kōzuke-no-suke for terribly insulting him. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) The was part of Edo Castle. It was the passage which led to the Shiroshoin (白書院 from the Honnmaru Goten (本丸御殿 was the Daimyo of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675 - 1701 His title was Takumi no Kami (内匠頭 The (meaning "side arm" is a traditional Japanese sword with a Shōtō blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inches with an average of 50 cm (20 inches ( October 5, 1641 – January 30, 1703 This triggered the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The revenge of the, also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the took place in Japan at the start of the eighteenth century

After the capitulation of the Shogunate, the inhabitants including the Shogun had to vacate the premises and the emperor and his court moved in. The Edo castle compound was renamed Tokyo-jō (東京城, "Tokyo castle") in October, 1868, and then renamed Kōjō (皇城, "Imperial castle") in 1869.

Meiji 2, on the 23rd day of the 10th month (1868): The emperor went to Tokyo; and Edo castle became an Imperial palace. ^[1]

A fire resulting from the carelessness of a chambermaid in improperly extinguishing some embers consumed the whole of the old Edo Castle on the night of 5 May 1873. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The area around the old donjon, which burned in the 1657 Meireki fire, became the site of the new Imperial Palace Kyūjō (宮城, "Palace castle") built in 1888. The, also known as the Furisode Fire, destroyed 60-70% of the Japanese capital city of Edo (now Tokyo) on March 2, 1657, this is the third year The imperial palace building itself however is not on the same location as the Shogun's palace, which was locatedin the Honmaru.

After World War II and the destruction of the Meiji-era palace, the new palace was constructed on the western part of the site. The whole area was renamed Kōkyo (皇居, "Imperial Palace", literally "Imperial Residence") in 1948. The east part was renamed Higashi-Gyoen (東御苑, "East Garden") and is as a park since 1968 (It is opened from 9:00 to 16:00 except on Monday and Friday).

Modern Tokyo

Many place names in Tokyo derive from Edo Castle. Ōtemachi ("the town in front of the great gate"), Takebashi ("the Bamboo Bridge"), Toranomon ("the Tiger Gate"), Uchibori Dōri ("Inner Moat Street"), Sotobori Dōri ("Outer Moat Street"), and Marunouchi ("Within the enclosure") are examples.