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Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
XVIIIe siècle
Kokura (province de Buzen)
Fer , fer laqué , cuir laqué noir, Shakudo (alliage de cuivre et or) laque, soie
Casque de l'armure aux armoiries de la famille Ogasawara, en fer, fer laqué, cuir laqué noir, shakudo, laque et soie.
La famille Ogasawara fut daimyo de Kokura de 1632 à 1868. Le casque a 32 lamelles, avec un couvre-bord en forme de corde. Le masque présente une expression féroce.
Close to the Tosho-gu shrine there are 48 bronze lanterns which are used for purification of the sacred fire during religious ceremonies. These lanterns were gifts from the daimyo, or feudal lords, on Tokugawa Ieyasu's death and the name and date of the gift is written on each lantern (the hollyhock on two lanterns at the right, towards the back, indicates these were from Tokugawa daimyo). All survived the 1923 earthquake and 1945 air raids. The lanterns and the Tosho-gu shrine building are national treasures of Japan. There are also 200 stone lanterns, placed in the approach path and nearby.
Kenroku-en Gardens, Kanazawa, Japan
Kenroku-en (兼六園, Six Attributes Garden), located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is an old private garden. Along with Kairaku-en and Kōraku-en, Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Kenroku-en was developed from the 1620s to the 1840s by the Maeda clan, the daimyōs who ruled the former Kaga Domain.
While the date of initial development of the garden that would be become known as Kenroku-en is rather unclear, one version of the garden's origins can perhaps be marked by the completion of the Tatsumi water channel in 1632 by Maeda Toshitsune,[2] the third daimyō of the powerful Maeda clan and ruler of the Kaga Domain from 1605 to 1639, as this feature would be later incorporated into creating the garden's twisting waterways in 1822.
The garden is located outside the gates of Kanazawa Castle where it originally formed the outer garden, and covers 114,436.65 m² (over 25 acres). It began in 1676 when the 5th daimyō Maeda Tsunanori moved his administration to the castle and began to landscape a garden in this vicinity. This garden was, however, destroyed by fire in 1759.
The garden was named by Matsudaira Sadanobu at the request of Narinaga. Its name was derived from the "Chronicles of the Famous Luoyang Gardens" (洛陽名園記), a book by the Chinese poet Li Gefei (李格非), and stands for the six attributes of a perfect landscape: spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, waterways, and panoramas.
Kanazawa
Kanazawa (金沢市 Kanazawa-shi) is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km². The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres (180.94 sq mi). It is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kanazawa is located in north-western Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Toyama Prefecture to the east. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. The eastern portion of the city is dominated by the Japanese Alps. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Hakusan National Park. Kanazawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot and humid summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. Average temperatures are slightly cooler than those of Tokyo, with means approximately 4 °C (39 °F) in January, 12 °C (54 °F) in April, 27 °C (81 °F) in August, 17 °C (63 °F) in October, and 7 °C (45 °F) in December. The minimum temperature on record was −9.4 °C (15.1 °F) on January 27, 1904, with a maximum of 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) standing as a record since September 8, 1902. The city is distinctly wet, with an average humidity of 73% and 193 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is highest in the autumn and winter; it averages more than 250 millimetres (10 in)/ month November through January when the Aleutian Low is strongest, but it is above 125 millimetres (4.9 in) every month of the year
The area around Kanazawa was part of ancient Kaga Province. The name "Kanazawa" (金沢, 金澤), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up. The well in the grounds of Kenroku-en known as 'Kinjo Reitaku' (金城麗澤) to acknowledge these roots. The area where Kanazawa is was originally known as Ishiura, whose name is preserved at the Ishiura Shrine near the Kenrokuen Gardens.
During the Muromachi period, as the powers of the central shōguns in Kyoto was waning, Kaga Province came under the control of the Ikkō-ikki, followers of the teachings of priest Rennyo, of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, who displaced the official governors of the province, the Togashi clan, and established a kind of theocratic republic later known as "The Peasants' Kingdom". Their principal stronghold was the Kanazawa Gobo, on the tip of the Kodatsuno Ridge. Backed by high hills and flanked on two sides by rivers, it was a natural fortress, around which a castle town developed. This was the start of what would become the city of Kanazawa.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille Hachisuka
Casque 16e siècle
Armure 17e siècle
Fer,laque,bois,cuir,soie
Porté par Hachisuka Munekazu 1709-1737 , 6e daimyo de Tokushima
Sur le casque Shoki personnage légendaire écartant les esprits malfaisants
Iemitsu Tokugawa (Iyemitsu) (徳川 家光, Tokugawa Iemitsu, 1604 - 1651) est le troisième shogun du shogunat Tokugawa au Japon. Il régna de 1623 à 1651 au début de l'Ère Edo.
Deuxième enfant du shogun Hidetada Tokugawa, il devint le nouveau shogun en 1623 quand son père se retira et établit le principe de chef non exécutif Ogosho dont il tint le rôle jusqu'à sa mort en 1632.
Pour assurer le pouvoir du shogunat, Iemitsu élimina un grand nombre de daimyō et établit une administration centrale, qui dura deux siècles jusqu'à la restauration Meiji. Il instaura les principales politiques intérieures et internationales caractérisant le shogunat Tokugawa :
- L'obligation de résidence alternative et le principe des otages (Sankin kōtai) en 1635, politique visant à affaiblir les daimyos en les forçant à de nombreux déplacements aux dépens de leurs finances.
- La politique d'isolation, ou Sakoku, qui coupa le Japon du reste du monde entre 1633 et 1639.
- La lutte contre les catholiques, qu'il voyait comme une menace à son régime. Il fit exécuter ou expulser tous les missionnaires et demanda à tous les Japonais de s'enregistrer dans les temples bouddhistes. Quand une rébellion contre cette politique éclata à Shimabara, il la réprima sans pitié (Seize martyrs dominicains de Nagasaki).
Son fils aîné, Ietsuna Tokugawa, lui succéda après sa mort en 1651. Le site de Nikko, classé au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, comprend son mausolée.
Name: Red Daimyo
Type: Rumble
Driver: Jon Button
Special Abilities: Tank Mode, Acceleration
Description: Mech is equipped with unusual wheelbase is the same as Magnus, which is not surprising, because they are from the same series and are controlled by the brothers. Daimyo is unlike Magnus in speed due to the larger number of accelerators and increased power.
Build notes: The creating this model has become a surprise for me, as I originally wanted to make a futuristic tank, but looked at it and realized that it was an ideal base for another rider.
Once the shogun's hall for affairs of state, the audience hall and the Ohiroma (the hall of one thousand tatami mats where the shogun would meet the daimyo every fortnight) stood here. The Hon-maru (central keep) buildings were damaged by the Great Long Sleeves fire of 1657, and the main landmark remaining is the donjon base from where the photo is taken. The first Keicho donjon was built in 1606 in five tiers, and removed in 1622 to make way for the taller Genna donjon. In 1638 the Kanei donjon added new features including a golden shachihoko ('fabulous killer whalelike fish' says the translation) on top. At 58 metres height it would have been quite impressive.
After the 1657 fire the view of an influential elder statesman prevailed, that the donjon was an 'out-of-date structure and the symbol of a turbulent age', and shogunate funds were allocated elsewhere. Granite blocks remain, and there is a small viewing platform.
The cherry blossoms were the last remaining for the season, and some white rhododendrons were in bloom.
Out of frame is the Matsunoohroka Corridor where Lord Asano attacked Lord Kira.
At top left are the tall buildings of Marunouchi. Nearby is Hibiya Park, once the residence of a daimyo lord and one of Tokyo's few surviving parks.
The Marunouchi area was once famed as the location of the Tokugawa shoguns' favoured daimyos' mansions. Walking past the front of this building takes one to the Imperial Gardens.
Designed by British firm Hopkins architects, the 38-storey Shin-Marounouchi building was completed in 2007 and cost £500 million. There is a six-storey podium with shops and restaurants (including a Luke Mangan Salt restaurant); above there are offices. It replaced a 1953 building of the same name and was completed around the same time as Tokyo Station's new incarnation. There is an underground connection. The owner is Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei.
Chanfrein en forme de tête de dragon
Fin du 16e siècle-début du 17è siècle
Cuir laqué or, papier
Collection privée
Armure présentée dans l'exposition Daimyo - Seigneurs de la guerre au Japon au MNAAG : Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet à Paris
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille Hachisuka
Casque 16e siècle
Armure 17e siècle
Fer,laque,bois,cuir,soie
Porté par Hachisuka Munekazu 1709-1737 , 6e daimyo de Tokushima
Sur le casque Shoki personnage légendaire écartant les esprits malfaisants
Okayama-jo, the "Crow Castle" one minute before the storm.
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Okayamako gaztelua, ekaitza baino minutu bat lehenago.
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El Castillo de Okayama un minuto antes de la tormenta.
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Maybe is better on black (press "L" in your keyboard)
Penetrating Light in Shrine, Naoshima, Japan. Light penetrates this very narrow underground tunnel. Located in the Honmure Art House Project in Naoshima, this very narrow tunnel, beneath the renovated Go'o Shine, is based on Shinto shrine structure from the 17-19 century Edo period when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.
KORAKUEN GARDENS, OKAYAMA
Kōraku-en (後楽園 Kōrakuen) is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863
History
In 1687, the daimyō Ikeda Tsunamasa ordered Tsuda Nagatada to begin construction of the garden. It was completed in 1700 and has retained its original appearance to the present day, except for a few changes by various daimyōs. The garden was originally called Kōen ("later garden") because it was built after Okayama Castle. However, since the garden was built in the spirit of "sen-yu-koraku" ("grieve earlier than others, enjoy later than others"), the name was changed to Kōrakuen in 1871.
The Korakuen is one of the few daimyō gardens in the provinces where historical change can be observed, thanks to the many Edo period paintings and Ikeda family records and documents left behind. The garden was used as a place for entertaining important guests and also as a spa of sorts for daimyōs, although regular folk could visit on certain days.
In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe damage during the floods of 1934 and by bombing damage in 1945 during World War II. It has been restored based on Edo-period paintings and diagrams. In 1952, the Kōrakuen was designated as a "Special Scenic Location" under the Cultural Properties Protection Law and is managed as a historical cultural asset to be passed to future generations.
Features of the Garden
The garden is located on the north bank of the Asahi River on an island between the river and a developed part of the city. The garden was designed in the Kaiyu ("scenic promenade") style which presents the visitor with a new view at every turn of the path which connects the lawns, ponds, hills, tea houses, and streams.
The garden covers a total area of approximately 133,000 square meters, with the grassed area covering approximately 18,500 square meters. The length of the stream which runs through the garden is 640 meters. It features a central pond called Sawa-no-ike (Marsh Pond), which contains three islands purported to replicate the scenery around Lake Biwa near Kyoto.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille OI
17e siècle
Koga province de Shimosa
Fer, laque, soie, shakudo (alliage de cuivre et d'or)
Cette armure comporte un casque de fer naturel à 62 lamelles signé par Saotome Lechika, ainsi qu'un masque à l'expression féroce style resseî dû à l'école Myochin.
Sa cuirasse en fer laqué noir, signée par Yukinoshita Hisaie, est faite pour résister aux balles. Elle est illustrée dans un supplément du Meiko Zukan (1746); Son décor est composé d'un dragon en laque d'or et incrustation de nacre sur la cuirasse et de branches de cerisier et de prunier en shakudo sur les manches.
Daimyo: Fukuoka
Minolta α9xi w/Data2
Tokina AF235Ⅱ 20-35/3.5-4.5
Kodak Gold 400(expired 2002)
1/20s F4.5
Nikon LS-40 Vuescan
Shinjuku Gyo-en (新宿御苑) is a large park and garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally a residence of the Naitō family in the Edo period. Afterwards, it became a garden under the management of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. It is now a national park under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment.
History
The shōgun bequeathed this land to Lord Naitō (daimyō) of Tsuruga in the Edo period who completed a garden here in 1772. After the Meiji Restoration the house and its grounds were converted into an experimental agricultural centre. It then became a botanical garden before becoming an imperial garden in 1879. The current configuration of the garden was completed in 1906. Most of the garden was destroyed by air raids in 1945, during the later stages of World War II. The garden was rebuilt after the war.
The jurisdiction over the Imperial Palace Outer Garden and the Kyoto imperial garden was transferred to the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now part of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) in 1947.
On May 21, 1949, the garden became open to the public as a national park. It came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment in January 2001, with the official English name "Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden". The official Japanese name remains Shinjuku Gyoen, where gyoen means "imperial garden".
In 1989, the Shinjuku Gyoen was the site chosen for the funeral rites of Emperor Shōwa before he was buried at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard.
Features
The garden, which is 58.3 hectares in area with a circumference of 3.5 km, blends three distinct styles: a French Formal and English Landscape in the north and to the south a Japanese traditional. A traditional Japanese tea house can be found within the gardens.
The garden is a favourite hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) spot, and large crowds can be present during cherry blossom season.
Flora
The garden has more than 20,000 trees, including approximately 1,500 cherry trees which bloom from late March (Shidare or Weeping Cherry), to early April (Somei or Tokyo Cherry), and on to late April (Kanzan Cherry). Other trees found here include the majestic Himalayan cedars, which soar above the rest of the trees in the park, tulip trees, cypresses, and plane trees, which were first planted in Japan in the Imperial Gardens.
Horticulture work has been going on in the greenhouses in the garden since 1892. The present greenhouse, built in the 1950s has a stock of over 1,700 tropical and subtropical plant species on permanent display.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille OI
17e siècle
Koga province de Shimosa
Fer, laque, soie, shakudo (alliage de cuivre et d'or)
Cette armure comporte un casque de fer naturel à 62 lamelles signé par Saotome Lechika, ainsi qu'un masque à l'expression féroce style resseî dû à l'école Myochin.
Sa cuirasse en fer laqué noir, signée par Yukinoshita Hisaie, est faite pour résister aux balles. Elle est illustrée dans un supplément du Meiko Zukan (1746); Son décor est composé d'un dragon en laque d'or et incrustation de nacre sur la cuirasse et de branches de cerisier et de prunier en shakudo sur les manches.
KORAKUEN GARDENS, OKAYAMA
Kōraku-en (後楽園 Kōrakuen) is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863
History
In 1687, the daimyō Ikeda Tsunamasa ordered Tsuda Nagatada to begin construction of the garden. It was completed in 1700 and has retained its original appearance to the present day, except for a few changes by various daimyōs. The garden was originally called Kōen ("later garden") because it was built after Okayama Castle. However, since the garden was built in the spirit of "sen-yu-koraku" ("grieve earlier than others, enjoy later than others"), the name was changed to Kōrakuen in 1871.
The Korakuen is one of the few daimyō gardens in the provinces where historical change can be observed, thanks to the many Edo period paintings and Ikeda family records and documents left behind. The garden was used as a place for entertaining important guests and also as a spa of sorts for daimyōs, although regular folk could visit on certain days.
In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe damage during the floods of 1934 and by bombing damage in 1945 during World War II. It has been restored based on Edo-period paintings and diagrams. In 1952, the Kōrakuen was designated as a "Special Scenic Location" under the Cultural Properties Protection Law and is managed as a historical cultural asset to be passed to future generations.
Features of the Garden
The garden is located on the north bank of the Asahi River on an island between the river and a developed part of the city. The garden was designed in the Kaiyu ("scenic promenade") style which presents the visitor with a new view at every turn of the path which connects the lawns, ponds, hills, tea houses, and streams.
The garden covers a total area of approximately 133,000 square meters, with the grassed area covering approximately 18,500 square meters. The length of the stream which runs through the garden is 640 meters. It features a central pond called Sawa-no-ike (Marsh Pond), which contains three islands purported to replicate the scenery around Lake Biwa near Kyoto.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Début du 17e siècle
Armure aux armoiries de la famille Abe
Sanuki , province de Kazusa
Fer , laque , soie
Entièrement réalisée en fer laqué d'argent
Casque à 62 lamelles à rivets saillants
Un masque à l'expression féroce style Ressei , tout deux de l'école Haruta .
La cuirasse possède ses protections des aisselles et deux paires d'épaulières
Omaezaki, Japan
Kakegawa Castle (掛川城, Kakegawa-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Kakegawa Castle is located at a small hill in the center of Kakegawa, which had been an important post station on the Tōkaidō highway connecting Kyoto with eastern Japan since the Heian period. Because of its geographical location, Kakegawa was strategic point in controlling the eastern half of Tōtōmi province.
The first Kakegawa Castle was built by Asahina Yasuhiro in the Bunmei era (1469–1487), a retainer of the warlord Imagawa Yoshitada to consolidate his holdings over Tōtōmi Province.
The castle remained in the hands of the succeeding generations of the Asahina clan. After the defeat of the Imagawa clan at the Battle of Okehazama, the former Imagawa territories were divided between Takeda Shingen of Kai and Tokugawa Ieyasu of Mikawa.
Kakegawa Castle was surrendered to Tokugawa forces in 1568 by Asahina Yasutomo after a five month siege.
The surrounding area remained a territory contested between the Tokugawa and Takeda for many years; however, Kakegawa Castle remained in Tokugawa hands until the fall of the Takeda clan.
After the Battle of Odawara in 1590 and the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu was forced to trade his domains in the Tōkai region for the Kantō region instead. Kakegawa was relinquished to Toyotomi retainer Yamauchi Kazutoyo as the center of a new 51,000 koku (later 59,000 koku) domain.
Yamauchi Kazutoyo completely rebuilt the castle per the latest contemporary designs, and the current layout and much of the stone walls and moats date from his period.
After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tokugawa recovered their lost territories, and reassigned Tōtōmi to various fudai daimyō.
The Yamauchi clan was reassigned to Kōchi in Shikoku, and Kakegawa was assigned initially to Hisamatsu Sadakatsu.
Over the years, numerous daimyō clans ruled Kakegawa Domain, ending with seven generations of the Ōta clan.
The keep built by the Yamauchi was destroyed in an earthquake in 1604, and reconstructed in 1621.
The castle was kept in repair through the Bakumatsu period, however it suffered from extensive damage in 1854, due to the Ansei Tōkai earthquake. Many structures were rebuilt by 1861, and were in use after the Meiji Restoration as local government offices; however, the keep was not rebuilt after the earthquake.
Kakegawa Castle remained in ruins through the Shōwa period, with the exception of the Ni-no-Maru Goten (二の丸御殿) (daimyō's mansion), built by Ōta Sukekatsu after the earthquake, and registered with the government in 1980 as an Important Cultural Property.
Other surviving portions of the castle included a portion of the moats and stone walls, and the drum house.
A gate from the main bailey of the castle built in 1659 was given to the Buddhist temple of Yusan-ji in Fukuroi, where it now serves as the main gate of that temple. It is also a National ICP.
In April 1994, sections of the innermost bailey (honmaru), including some walls, a yagura, and the keep (tenshukaku), were reconstructed using the original methods.
The tenshukaku's reconstruction was done based on a few diagrams of the original tenshukaku that survived, and marked the first time in post-war Japan that a tenshukaku had been reconstructed in wood using the original construction methods.
The cost of 1 billion yen for the reconstruction was raised largely through public donation. In 2006, the site of Kakegawa Castle was listed as No. 42 of the 100 Fine Castles of Japan by the Japan Castle Foundation, primarily due to its historical significance.
田母沢御用邸の紀州徳川家の大名屋敷を移築した部分。
A villa of the Emperor's family, a daimyo's mansion of the Kishu Tokugawa family was relocated.
At Shinjuku Gyoen,Tokyo.
From homepage,copy and paste -Shinjuku Gyoen was constructed on the site of a private mansion belonging to Lord Naito, a "daimyo"(feudal lord) of the Edo era. Completed in 1906 as an imperial garden, it was re-designated as a national garden after the Second World War and opened to the public. With 58.3 ha(144 acres) in size and a circumference of 3.5 km, it blends three distinct styles, French Formal Garden, English Landscape Garden and Japanese Traditional Garden, and is considered to be one of the most important gardens from the Meiji era.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille OI
17e siècle
Koga province de Shimosa
Fer, laque, soie, shakudo (alliage de cuivre et d'or)
Cette armure comporte un casque de fer naturel à 62 lamelles signé par Saotome Lechika, ainsi qu'un masque à l'expression féroce style resseî dû à l'école Myochin.
Sa cuirasse en fer laqué noir, signée par Yukinoshita Hisaie, est faite pour résister aux balles. Elle est illustrée dans un supplément du Meiko Zukan (1746); Son décor est composé d'un dragon en laque d'or et incrustation de nacre sur la cuirasse et de branches de cerisier et de prunier en shakudo sur les manches.
El petit santuari de Tatsumi Daimyo-jin es troba al carrer Shirakawa-Minami-dori, al costat del rierol Shirakawa. Segons la guia Lonely Planet, "el carrer més bonic d'Asia". No puc corroborar-ho, ja que poc més conec del continent, però si que és realment preciós.
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The small Tatsumi Daimyo-jin shrine stands in the corner of Shirakawa-Minami-dori street with Tatsumi-bashi bridge. It's one of the most beautiful parts of Gion and Kyoto. For the Lonely Planet, it's the best street in Asia...
Here are other pictures of the street (I was unable to take a nice one):
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armure aux armoiries de la famille OI
17e siècle
Koga province de Shimosa
Fer, laque, soie, shakudo (alliage de cuivre et d'or)
Cette armure comporte un casque de fer naturel à 62 lamelles signé par Saotome Lechika, ainsi qu'un masque à l'expression féroce style resseî dû à l'école Myochin.
Sa cuirasse en fer laqué noir, signée par Yukinoshita Hisaie, est faite pour résister aux balles. Elle est illustrée dans un supplément du Meiko Zukan (1746); Son décor est composé d'un dragon en laque d'or et incrustation de nacre sur la cuirasse et de branches de cerisier et de prunier en shakudo sur les manches.
It was an event at summer festival at Iwamiginzan. It is a world heritage site in Shimane, Japan.
島根県大田市 石見銀山
天領さん祭りにて
KORAKUEN GARDENS, OKAYAMA
Kōraku-en (後楽園 Kōrakuen) is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863
HISTORY
In 1687, the daimyō Ikeda Tsunamasa ordered Tsuda Nagatada to begin construction of the garden. It was completed in 1700 and has retained its original appearance to the present day, except for a few changes by various daimyōs. The garden was originally called Kōen ("later garden") because it was built after Okayama Castle. However, since the garden was built in the spirit of "sen-yu-koraku" ("grieve earlier than others, enjoy later than others"), the name was changed to Kōrakuen in 1871.
The Korakuen is one of the few daimyō gardens in the provinces where historical change can be observed, thanks to the many Edo period paintings and Ikeda family records and documents left behind. The garden was used as a place for entertaining important guests and also as a spa of sorts for daimyōs, although regular folk could visit on certain days.
In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe damage during the floods of 1934 and by bombing damage in 1945 during World War II. It has been restored based on Edo-period paintings and diagrams. In 1952, the Kōrakuen was designated as a "Special Scenic Location" under the Cultural Properties Protection Law and is managed as a historical cultural asset to be passed to future generations.
FEATURES OF THE GARDEN
The garden is located on the north bank of the Asahi River on an island between the river and a developed part of the city. The garden was designed in the Kaiyu ("scenic promenade") style which presents the visitor with a new view at every turn of the path which connects the lawns, ponds, hills, tea houses, and streams.
The garden covers a total area of approximately 133,000 square meters, with the grassed area covering approximately 18,500 square meters. The length of the stream which runs through the garden is 640 meters. It features a central pond called Sawa-no-ike (Marsh Pond), which contains three islands purported to replicate the scenery around Lake Biwa near Kyoto.
Lame 15cm acier Aogami Super Steel 1.5% de carbone
Tranchant excellent d'une très bonne tenue - Dureté très élevée à 65 HRC
Finition de lame brute de forge (non polie avec aspect sombre)
Manche noyer forme en D ou noyer sombre octogonal - Soie en acier inox
Savoir-faire incomparable de plus de 700 ans - Couteau unique fait main
Les couteaux artisanaux Moritaka sont des couteaux fiables et intemporels. L'entreprise dispose d'une histoire riche et surprenante : ses origines se basent en l'an 1293, où la marque fut créée par le chef des forgerons des moines bouddhistes du mont Homan, à Fukuoka (sur 13 générations).
Moritaka Hamono was founded in 1293 and have been producing high quality blades for 31 generations. I think they know what they’re doing by now. Five generations ago the family made the switch to producing only Hocho (kitchen knives).The knives made by the Moritaka family have a real classiness and beauty.
Moritaka Cutlery was founded in 1293 (during the Kamakura Period) by Kongouhyoueminamotono-moritaka, who was the head swordsmith for the Buddhist priests at Mt. Houman in Dazaifu, Fukuoka. His descendants then inherited his business and followed his footsteps in the same city for 13 generations. In 1632, the family followed Higo Daimyo Mitsunari Hosokawa (the feudal ruler of Higo) and moved to Miyaji-machi, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto. For another 13 generations in this city, they forged swords for the Buddhist armies, the Daimyo’s army, and also the Daimyo himself. Kongohyoue’s swords were very unique because they were made and used to help attain Buddhahood.
Five generations ago, master bladesmith Chuzaemon Moritaka decided to change the direction and apply their forging expertise to kitchen knives (hocho) rather than swords. Since then Moritaka Hamono has been dedicatedly producing a large variety of hocho and edged tools for gardening, agriculture and forestry. Currently Moritaka produce Katana swords for the preservation of their traditions. Moritaka Cutlery have a history that stretches over 700 years. This knife is forged with skills and knowledge developed and accumulated generation by generation.
Marunouchi (丸の内) es un barrio de Tokio situado en Chiyoda, entre la Estación de Tokio y el Palacio Imperial. El nombre, que significa "dentro del círculo", proviene de su ubicación en el foso exterior del palacio. Es el distrito financiero de Tokio, y los tres bancos más grandes de Japón tienen aquí sus sedes.
En 1590, antes de que Tokugawa Ieyasu entrara en el Castillo Edo, la zona conocida en la actualidad como Marunouchi era una ensenada de la Bahía Edo y se llamaba Hibiya. Con la expansión del castillo, se rellenó esta ensenada, lo que comenzó en 1592. Se construyó un nuevo foso exterior, y el anterior se convirtió en el foso interior. La zona recibió el nombre de Okuruwauchi ("dentro del recinto").
Los daimyo, especialmente shinpan y fudai, construyeron aquí sus mansiones, y con 24 de estas mansiones, la zona también se conocía como daimyō kōji ("callejón de los daimyo"). También estaban aquí las oficinas de los Magistrados del Norte, del Sur y de Finanzas.
Tras la Restauración Meiji, Marunouchi quedó bajo el control del gobierno nacional, quien construyó barracones y terrenos para desfiles del ejército.
El ejército se trasladó de aquí en 1890, e Iwasaki Yanosuke, hermano del fundador (y posteriormente el segundo líder) de Mitsubishi, compró los terrenos por 1,5 millones de yenes. Debido a que esta empresa promovió los terrenos, se conocían como Mitsubishi-ga-hara (los "Campos de Mitsubishi").
Gran parte del terreno sigue bajo el control Mitsubishi Estate, y muchas empresas del Grupo Mitsubishi tienen su sede en Marunouchi.
El gobierno de Tokio construyó su sede en el antiguo han de Kōchi en 1894. Se trasladaron al actual Edificio del Gobierno Metropolitano de Tokio en Shinjuku en 1991, y en su parcela ahora está el Foro Internacional de Tokio y Toyota Tsusho Corporation. Esta zona genera aproximadamente un cuarto del PIB de Japón.
La Estación de Tokio abrió en 1914, y el Marunouchi Building en 1923. La Estación de Tokio reabrió el 1 de octubre de 2012 tras una renovación de cinco años.
Marunouchi - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Marunouchi (丸の内) is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat. It is also Tokyo's financial district and the country's three largest banks are headquartered there.
In 1590, before Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo Castle, the area now known as Marunouchi was an inlet of Edo Bay and had the name Hibiya. With the expansion of the castle, this inlet was filled, beginning in 1592.
A new outer moat was constructed, and the earlier moat became the inner moat. The area took the name Okuruwauchi ("within the enclosure").
Daimyōs, particularly shinpan and fudai, constructed their mansions here, and with 24 such estates, the area also became known as daimyō kōji ("daimyō alley"). The offices of the North and South Magistrates, and that of the Finance Magistrate, were also here.
Following the Meiji Restoration, Marunouchi came under control of the national government, which erected barracks and parade grounds for the army.
Those moved in 1890, and Iwasaki Yanosuke, brother of the founder (and later the second leader) of Mitsubishi, purchased the land for 1.5 million yen. As the company developed the land, it came to be known as Mitsubishi-ga-hara (the "Mitsubishi Fields"). Much of the land remains under the control of Mitsubishi Estate, and the headquarters of many companies in the Mitsubishi Group are in Marunouchi.
The government of Tokyo constructed its headquarters on the site of the former Kōchi han in 1894. They moved it to the present Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku in 1991, and the new Tokyo International Forum and Toyota Tsusho Corporation now stands on the site. Nearly a quarter of Japan's GDP is generated in this area.
Tokyo Station opened in 1914, and the Marunouchi Building in 1923. Tokyo Station is reopened on 1 October 2012 after a 5 year refurbishment.
Much of the area was damaged in the deadly 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing.
Marunouchi - Wikipedia
Kenroku-en Gardens & Kanazawa Castle, Kanazawa, Japan
Kenroku-en (兼六園, Six Attributes Garden), located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is an old private garden associated with Kanazawa Castle. Along with Kairaku-en and Kōraku-en, Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Kenroku-en was developed from the 1620s to the 1840s by the Maeda clan, the daimyōs who ruled the former Kaga Domain.
While the date of initial development of the garden that would be become known as Kenroku-en is rather unclear, one version of the garden's origins can perhaps be marked by the completion of the Tatsumi water channel in 1632 by Maeda Toshitsune, the third daimyō of the powerful Maeda clan and ruler of the Kaga Domain from 1605 to 1639, as this feature would be later incorporated into creating the garden's twisting waterways in 1822.
The garden is located outside the gates of Kanazawa Castle where it originally formed the outer garden, and covers 114,436.65 m² (over 25 acres). It began in 1676 when the 5th daimyō Maeda Tsunanori moved his administration to the castle and began to landscape a garden in this vicinity. This garden was, however, destroyed by fire in 1759.
The garden was named by Matsudaira Sadanobu at the request of Narinaga. Its name was derived from the "Chronicles of the Famous Luoyang Gardens" (洛陽名園記), a book by the Chinese poet Li Gefei (李格非), and stands for the six attributes of a perfect landscape: spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, waterways, and panoramas.
Kanazawa
Kanazawa (金沢市 Kanazawa-shi) is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households. The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres (180.94 sq mi). It is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kanazawa is located in north-western Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Toyama Prefecture to the east. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. The eastern portion of the city is dominated by the Japanese Alps. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Hakusan National Park. Kanazawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot and humid summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. Average temperatures are slightly cooler than those of Tokyo, with means approximately 4 °C (39 °F) in January, 12 °C (54 °F) in April, 27 °C (81 °F) in August, 17 °C (63 °F) in October, and 7 °C (45 °F) in December. The minimum temperature on record was −9.4 °C (15.1 °F) on January 27, 1904, with a maximum of 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) standing as a record since September 8, 1902. The city is distinctly wet, with an average humidity of 73% and 193 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is highest in the autumn and winter; it averages more than 250 millimetres (10 in)/ month November through January when the Aleutian Low is strongest, but it is above 125 millimetres (4.9 in) every month of the year.
The area around Kanazawa was part of ancient Kaga Province. The name "Kanazawa" (金沢, 金澤), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up. The well in the grounds of Kenroku-en known as 'Kinjo Reitaku' (金城麗澤) to acknowledge these roots. The area where Kanazawa is was originally known as Ishiura, whose name is preserved at the Ishiura Shrine near the Kenrokuen Gardens.
During the Muromachi period, as the powers of the central shōguns in Kyoto was waning, Kaga Province came under the control of the Ikkō-ikki, followers of the teachings of priest Rennyo, of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, who displaced the official governors of the province, the Togashi clan, and established a kind of theocratic republic later known as "The Peasants' Kingdom". Their principal stronghold was the Kanazawa Gobo, on the tip of the Kodatsuno Ridge. Backed by high hills and flanked on two sides by rivers, it was a natural fortress, around which a castle town developed. This was the start of what would become the city of Kanazawa.
I've been wanting one of the feudal Japan style Star Wars figures since I first heard about them... but cannot justify spending $80-$90 on one. :-(
Oh, in case anyone was wondering, this figure is marketed as "Samurai General Darth Vader." During Japan's feudal period (Kamakura, Eno, etc.) the Daimyo were lieutenants to the Shogun / Shogunate and operated their territories without much interference or micro-management from the Shogun and the local samurai and armies reported to the Daimyo. In this case, the Shogun would be Emperor Palpatine and a "samurai general" would be too low a rank for Lord Vader, hence making him a Daimyo. This is a minor thing but I think my argument makes sense.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
Armures de Daimyō , Seigneurs de guerre au Japon
19e siècle
Tsuyama province de Mimasaka
fer, laque, soie
Cette armure comporte un casque à 16 plaques en fer laqué noir attribué à Myochin Muneyasu ou son disciple et fils adoptif Munechika, armuriers officiels de la famille des daimyo de Tsuyama. L'avant de l'armure , de type médiéval à structure lamellaire, est recouvert d'un cuir imprimé. Les manches sont des copies exactes de celles, classées Trésor National, se trouvant au sanctuaire Kasuga-jinja de Nara.
These are previously un-posted photos of Kumamoto and its beautiful castle, which is now seriously damaged due to the two major earthquakes that struck on April 14 and 16, 2016 along with the numerous strong aftershocks. It is heart-wrenching to see what is happening to the city, its people and the castle.
When I visited Kumamoto in Feb 2013, I was lucky to have an amazingly rich blue sky to provide a nice background for my external photos.
Most of the photos here showcase the sloping wall style that was employed by Katō Kiyomasa, the daimyō who first built this castle. He really was a master castle builder, and the Hosokawa, who received the Katō's 530,000 koku fief after it was repossessed by the shogunate in 1632, inherited one heck of a gorgeous and very formidable castle.
To put it in perspective, the grounds of the castle were a massive 980,000 square meters, and its perimeters covered an area out to 5.3 km. There were 49 turret towers, 18 tower gates and 29 regular castle gates.
The castle survived the Edo period without falling victim to fire or natural disasters, but in 1877, just before the start of the Satsuma rebellion, an accidental fire did break out that gutted the main keep, the palace and other important structures. Then in February of that same year, a rebel army from Satsuma (Kagoshima Prefecture), led by Saigō Takamori, laid siege to the castle for nearly two months. The castle was defended by the Imperial Japanese Army and withheld the siege, but more buildings were destroyed during the fighting. Today's castle is a fero-concrete reconstruction, but the honmaru goten (palace) was rebuilt using traditional material and opened in 1998.