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In the background, beyond the gate, is the Osaka Museum of History that opened in 2001 / Osaka Castle is a reconstructed Azuchi-Momoyama Period castle originally built is 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period . The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century. The main tower of Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one square kilometer. It is built on two raised platforms of landfill supported by sheer walls of cut rock, using a technique called Burdock piling, each overlooking a moat. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from attackers. The castle grounds, which cover approximately 15 acres, contain thirteen structures that have been designated as important cultural assets by the Japanese government, including, inter alia, the Ote-mon Gate, Sakura-mon Gate and three sections of castle wall all located around Otemon Gate. In 1660, lightning ignited the gunpowder warehouse and the resulting explosion set the castle on fire. In 1868, Osaka Castle fell and was surrendered to anti-bakufu imperial loyalists. Much of the castle was burned in the civil conflicts surrounding the Meiji Restoration. Under the Meiji government, Osaka Castle became part of the Osaka Army Arsenal (Osaka Hohei Kosho) manufacturing guns, ammunition, and explosives for Japan's rapidly expanding Western-style military. In 1995, Osaka's government approved a restoration project, with the intent of restoring the main tower to its Edo-era splendor. In 1997, restoration was completed. The castle is a concrete reproduction (including elevators) of the original and the interior is intended as a modern, functioning museum. See also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle
Osaka_2019 04 28_0717
In the background, beyond the gate, is the Osaka Museum of History that opened in 2001 / Osaka Castle is a reconstructed Azuchi-Momoyama Period castle originally built is 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period . The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century. The main tower of Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one square kilometer. It is built on two raised platforms of landfill supported by sheer walls of cut rock, using a technique called Burdock piling, each overlooking a moat. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from attackers. The castle grounds, which cover approximately 15 acres, contain thirteen structures that have been designated as important cultural assets by the Japanese government, including, inter alia, the Ote-mon Gate, Sakura-mon Gate and three sections of castle wall all located around Otemon Gate. In 1660, lightning ignited the gunpowder warehouse and the resulting explosion set the castle on fire. In 1868, Osaka Castle fell and was surrendered to anti-bakufu imperial loyalists. Much of the castle was burned in the civil conflicts surrounding the Meiji Restoration. Under the Meiji government, Osaka Castle became part of the Osaka Army Arsenal (Osaka Hohei Kosho) manufacturing guns, ammunition, and explosives for Japan's rapidly expanding Western-style military. In 1995, Osaka's government approved a restoration project, with the intent of restoring the main tower to its Edo-era splendor. In 1997, restoration was completed. The castle is a concrete reproduction (including elevators) of the original and the interior is intended as a modern, functioning museum. See also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle