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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. The grounds are open year-round except for December 29th through January 3rd during daylight hours and famous for its beauty in all seasons; an admission fee is charged. Kenroku-en was developed from the 1620s to the 1840s by the Maeda clan, the daimyōs who ruled the former Kaga Domain. Nearly the entire garden was destroyed by a massive fire in 1759. However, it is known from documents of the period that before the fire, the garden was often used and enjoyed by successive lords and retainers for "different banquet occasions such as viewing the moon ... enjoying colorful maples", and for admiring horses. The Shigure-tei teahouse – constructed in 1725 – miraculously survived the fire of 1759, and it offers evidence that not only was the tea ceremony present before the fire, but more importantly so was the culture associated with this elaborate ritual as it had a significant effect on garden design. Following the fire, the teahouse continued to be used and was completely restored during the Meiji period. It can still be seen today in the Renchitei section of the garden. Another object that existed in or around the garden before the fire of 1759 was the Kaisekito Pagoda, which is currently situated in Kenrokuen Garden on an island near the center of Hisago-ike Pond. The garden is located outside the gates of Kanazawa Castle where it originally formed the outer garden and covers 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 restoration was begun in 1774 by the 11th daimyō Harunaga, who created the Emerald Waterfall (Midori-taki) and Yugao-tei, a teahouse. Improvements continued in 1822 when the 12th daimyō Narinaga created the garden's winding streams with water drawn from the Tatsumi Waterway. The 13th daimyō Nariyasu subsequently added more streams and expanded the Kasumi Pond. With this, the garden's current form was complete. The garden was opened to the public on May 7, 1874. 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.
This Higashi-nurien-hiroma room in Kōbuntei house was used as a ballroom. The floor is coated in Japanese lacquer.
好文亭の東塗縁広間（ひがしぬりえんひろま）。九代藩主斉昭はここで養老会や詩歌会などを催し、藩士や領民との交流を楽しんだ。板張りの床は漆で塗られている
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偕楽園・茨城県水戸市見川
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Rakujutei [楽寿亭]
Aizu Matsudaira's Royal Garden
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会津松平氏庭園 御薬園・福島県会津若松市
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This is the view from the back of the gate, facing down the slope that leads to the outer moats and the town.
Toward the end of the Muromachi period, the Hatano clan built a castle on top of Mount Yakami and ruled most of the a large portion of the area that comprised Tamba province until 1579. That’s until the point when Hatano Hideharu allied himself with the pesky Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki against the Oda clan. Oda Nobunaga sent an army under the command of Akechi Mitsuhide into the area and succeeded in subduing the Hatano clan as well as destroying their castle.
In 1608, Tokugawa Ieyasu, eager to keep the Toyotomi boxed in Osaka, ordered that a new castle be built at Yakami. The responsibility for building the castle fell into the able hands of Ikeda Terumasa. Armed with a design by noted castle designer Todo Takatora, the new Sasayama castle was built in less than a year with material and labor supplied by no less than 20 daimyo from 15 provinces in western Japan. The design of the castle’s defenses was so strong that Ieyasu commanded that plans to build a donjon be abandoned, dreading that if the castle ever fell into enemy hands, it would prove to be a formidable obstacle. One of Ieyasu’s sons, Matsuidara Yasushige, became the first daimyo of the fief, but by 1748, possession of the han had been transferred by to the Aoyama clan. During the Edo period, Sasayama grew to be the political, economic, and cultural center of the entire province of Tamba. After the Meiji Restoration, most of the castle’s original buildings were destroyed, except for the Ōshoin (main hall), which served as the main living quarters for the Aoyama clan daimyo. Unfortunately for Sasayama, it became home to the Imperial army’s 70th infantry regiment, making it a perfect target for American bombers during WWII. The castle inevitably was bombed and the Ōshoin was subsequently destroyed. In 2000, it was rebuilt.
Toyotomi_Hideyoshi was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period.
The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle. He is noted for a number of cultural legacies, including the restriction that only members of the samurai class could bear arms. Hideyoshi is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".
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Printed in the U.S.A. ..
..seems as if the Third TMNT flick was distributed by 'Fox' in 1993 overseas.
Thai embossed lobby cards. Used n' abused.. but not to shabby.
The cards are also about an inch or son in diameter than standard North American lobby cards.
The coolest departure for the turtles cuz it had absolutely nuthin' to do with the Foot Clan. Hand down a killer show and allot of fun. Bite me !!
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-->> Time travel rules..when a Person uses the Scepter to travel to the past.. a person of equal-mass from the past is transported to the future. The Turtles trade places with 4 of Lord Norinaga's Samurai Honor Guard.
Traveling smack-dab into the middle of the Norinaga/Rebel war.. the awkwardness is immediate.. as the guys charge in full Samurai armor on war horses at the Rebel's direction.
Poor Mikey has it the worse.. as the time jump sets him in the saddle of the Guard's horse backwards into battle.. and even sends the horse off with Mikey ..leaving the 3 other brothers to fend for themselves until they are reunited later.
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Sengan-en was built in 1658 by the daimyo Lord Shimazu Mitsuhisa. His clan leaded this region for 700 years and the descendants still live around there.
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Sengan-en fue construido en 1658 por el Señor daimyo Shimazu Mitsuhisa. Su clan liderado esta región durante 700 años y los descendientes aún viven por allí.
A Rare and Magnificent Japanese Muromachi Period Samurai 62 Ken "Suji-Kabuto".
Muromachi Period 1500's 62 Ken Samurai Generals "Daimyo's" Kabuto with 4 Stage Tehen Kanamono in Silver.
Sukashi on Both fukigaeshi.
5 Lame Shikoro is from the Edo Period.
Interior liner has been restored as well as Leather Sweat Band probably around the late Edo Period as the Silk is Heavy duty weave Chirimen Silk . Chin strap is later Edo Period also.
Some of the Lacquer is Worn on Both Fukigaeshi that is commensurate with the age and wear of such a Kabuto, also one edge of the visor has worn (not immediately apparent).
Some wear to Lacquer on Shikoro is also evident .
In the Top view of the helmet the filed rivets and tehen kanemono can be seen
Maybe this 62 Ken Kabuto is signed as many of this style were and particularly so with the more elaborate Tehen-kanamono like this Silver one . It might bear a signature under the inner liner that's been restored.
Arai Checkpoint was established in 1600 and was originally called Inagire Sekisho (checkpoint) throughout the Edo Period. This is because the checkpoint was originally located near Imagire-guchi—the point where Lake Hamana meets the Pacific Ocean. However, due to two natural disasters in 1699 and 1707, the checkpoint was moved to its present location.
Under orders of the Tokugawa Shogunate, checkpoints were set up to monitor travelers at strategic portions of the old Tōkaidō Road that linked the Shogun’s capital of Edo (Tokyo) with the Imperial capital of Kyoto. These checkpoints were important means of control for the Shogunate as they restricted the flow of guns and other contraband into Edo and made sure that the wives or daughters of feudal lords were not sneaking out of Edo without passes, The wives and children of daimyo were virtual hostages in Edo to help ensure the good behavior of the daimyo when the were back in their home fiefs.
The Shogunate directly controlled the Arai Checkpoint until 1702, when the job of overseeing its activities was handed over to the daimyo who ruled the fief of Yoshida, in Mikawa (present day Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture). The current structure dates back to 1855, when it was rebuilt over a three-year period following the massive damage it received at the hands of a major earthquake in 1854. This is the only originally surviving checkpoint left in Japan. In 1955, the Japanese government designated the Arai Checkpoint a special historical site.
Lotus garden in the moat of Fukuoka Castle (福岡城 Fukuoka-jō) also known as Maizuru (dancing crane) Castle (舞鶴城 Maizuru-jō) or Seki (stone) Castle (石城 Seki-jō). Early Edo, 17th Century, c. 1601 AD. Built for daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa. Fukuoka, Japan. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
Lotus garden in the moat of Fukuoka Castle (福岡城 Fukuoka-jō) also known as Maizuru (dancing crane) Castle (舞鶴城 Maizuru-jō) or Seki (stone) Castle (石城 Seki-jō). Early Edo, 17th Century, c. 1601 AD. Built for daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa. Fukuoka, Japan. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
12代将軍、徳川家斉の15男として生まれ、美作国津山藩主、松平斉孝の養嗣子となった松平斉民の墓。1891年没。
The grave of Matsudaira Naritami, the 15th son of the shogun, Tokugawa Ienari and a Japanese daimyo of Tsuyama Domain of Mimasaka Province.
The Bell of Time (時の鐘—Toki no Kane), was originally built sometime between 1624 and 1644 on the orders of the ruling daimyo, Sakai Tadakatsu. It is a three-story structure that reaches a height of 16 meters. For more than 350 years, this clock has been used to signal the time of day to the busy merchants and shoppers in the town’s Kurazukuri district and is still rung four times per day (6 am, 12 pm, 3 pm and 6 pm). The current tower’s structure goes back to 1894, when it was re-built the year following Kawagoe’s devastating fire that consumed a large swath of the town.
Located a mere 30 to 45 minutes north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture, Kawagoe is an old castle town that time seems to have forgotten for those looking for a glimpse at what a town may have looked like in eastern Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Because Kawagoe retains many of its buildings and structures dating from this long-gone period, it is often referred to as Ko-Edo (小江戸)—Little Edo, after the city that was renamed Tokyo in 1868.
Kawagoe’s development as a castle town started in 1457 when the famed warrior, poet and castle builder, Ōta Dōkan began to build fortifications there at the order of Uesugi Mochitomo (of the Ōgigayatsu branch of the Uesgui family). After the defeat of the Hōjō clan at the siege of Odawara in 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu was given control of the Kantō area and he set about making Kawagoe a military hub for the protection of his capital of Edo and the town also developed into a transportation hub for the flow of goods into Edo from the northern domains. During the Edo period, the Sakai family, loyal vassals of Ieyasu, ruled as daimyo (feudal lord) of Kawagoe.
Although Kawagoe boasts a fine collection of old buildings, the castle didn’t survive into the modern period, and some of the original Edo Period warehouses and other structures burnt down in a massive fire in 1893. Luckily, the buildings were re-constructed using the architectural designs and techniques of the Edo Period. The style of warehouse architecture that is prevalent in Kawagoe is called “kurazukuri”.
Built in 1894, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan was the first office building in Tokyo's elite Marunouchi area, which due to it's proximity to Edo Castle (now the Imperial Palace), was home to the residences of some of Japan's most powerful feudal lords (daimyo). The architectural style of the building is in the "Queen Anne style"and was designed by the British architect Josiah Conder. The building served as the headquarters for Iwasaki Yutarō's Mitsubishi Corporation.
Soon after the completion of this building, more red brick office buildings cropped up all over Marunouchi and the area was nicknamed "Iccho London" (London Mile) as the area looked so much like a section out of Victorian period London. Although damaged by the bombing raids of WWII, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan survived only to be demolished in 1968 to give rise to a modern building. Thanks to restoration efforts, the building was faithfully restored and opened in April 2009. To help make this an accurate restoration, the original blue prints as well as photos taken of the exterior and the interior were used. Also, 2.3 million red bricks were made and laid using traditional techniques from the 1890s.
Koishikawa Kōraku-en is a Japanese style garden in Koishikawa, Bunkyō Ward, (next to Tōkyō Dome). It is one of 4 surviving Edo Period “daimyō gardens” in modern Tōkyō, the others being Rikugi-en, Kyū-Shiba Rikyū Tei-en, and Kyū-Hama Rikyū Tei-en.
While all 4 gardens have been modified since the Edo Period, they are all in excellent condition. Kōraku-en and Kyū-Shiba Rikyū Tei-en are in an elite group in that they enjoy dual protection by the Japanese government as both a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and a Special Historic Site.
Supposedly, there are only 7 sites in Japan with this double designation.
The park is very large today, so many people may be surprised to know that this was actually just one small section of the sprawling residence of the Mito Domain (one of three residences they held in Edo). When I say residence, think massive embassy compound of a major ally of the government.
Construction of the garden was started in 1629 by Tokugawa Yorifusa, the daimyō of Mito Domain, and was completed by his successor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni (often referred to by his pen name, Mito Kōmon).
Mitsukuni named the garden Kōraku-en. Kōraku looks like a Chinese word (and hell, it may be. I don’t know Chinese, though) and means “take it easy afterwards.” The idea being, a wise ruler should worry about his people first. When the business of governing the people is finished, then you can relax in the garden.
Supposedly, the garden shows strong Chinese character in its design, as it was influenced by the West Lake of Hangzhou. I’ve never seen a Chinese garden or that lake so take that with a grain of salt.
When it came to having castles built, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu ordered their subservient daimyo to bear the burden of providing their wealth, men, material to help build sections of some of Japan’s most magnificent castles. To complete their tasks, the daimyo mobilized craftsmen and labor to transport vast amounts of timber and stones across Japan. Often, daimyo would have their stone masons chisel family crests or other seals into the stones as a way of boasting who supplied these stones and rocks. The original Nagoya castle may have burnt to the ground during WWII, but the original stones survived—and so did the emblems that the stone masons chiseled into them.
This is an example of Edo Period advertising kept alive. The shōgunate and local military authorities called 大名 (daimyō) usually required that no building exceed 2 stories, As a result, most private businesses that catered to everyone posted the name of their shop on a large wooden 看板 (kanban) sign directly above the entrance. This practice is still followed in many areas where you have to look up to find the shop your looking for, even though today the building may be 10 floors.
天安 Ten’yasu is the name of the oldest extant shop specializing in 佃煮Tsukuda-ni, a dish now available nationwide, but originally developed on Tsudajima. It opened in 1837 – the very late Edo Period. They regularly sell (at least) 3 types of tsukudani that they called 江戸風味 (Edo Fūmi), which basically means the dish is an Edo Period dish untarnished by modern Japanese cuisine. The building maintains a barely modernized, traditional 2 story Edo Period form called a 長屋 (nagaya) row house. This shop didn’t invent tsukudani, but it is definitely the longest running local purveyor.
Tsukuda is a fascinating look at one of the most traditional areas of Tōkyō. Many of the families are descendants of the original fisherman that lived and worked here in the Edo Period. Some can even trace their roots back to the first group of fishermen relocated from Ōsaka by the first shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. The area developed a local delicacy, tsukuda-ni which was a kind of seasoned and preserved seafood used as a topping for rice or side dish. After the Meiji Period, the dish spread to all of Japan taking on new forms depending on the local produce. One outstanding characteristic of the neighborhood is the abundance of wells. This is because until 1964, the area was more or less self-sufficient. While central Tōkyō had an abundance of running water, Tsukuda Island was sort of frozen in time. The area of Tsukuda 2-chōme is where you can really feel yourself slip back in time.
Here’s my article about Tsukuda: markystar.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/tsukuda-tokyo-food
Here’s an article from the Asahi Shinbun: ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/fun_spots/AJ201504250048
This is a reconstructed watchtower for the Yui honjin (inn for daimyo- feudal lords, high ranking samurai and imperial messengers) during the Edo period.
Heading from Tokyo to Kyoto along the old Edo Period Tōkaidō road, Yui was the 16th out of 53 post stations along the way. In the Edo period, Yui was a post town of fairly moderate prosperity. There was one honjin one sub-honjin, and 32 inns for "regular" travelers called hatago.
Edited National Diet Library of Japan ukiyo-e print of probably a daimyo walking without apparently seeing the oni behind the curtains ("pay no attention to the man behind the curtains!")
From a series of prints (all dealing with yokai one way or another) called: 和漢百物語, or Wakan Hyaku Monogatari.
Original caption: 貞信公
Translated (via Google Translate) caption: SadaShinKo
Image source: dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1311788
L to R: Daimyo, old retainer (2nd row), samurai, naginata samurai, archer, Buddhist warrior monk and ninja.
A more traditional army of professional warrior retainers (samurai).
Note shield behind archer, for his use.