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A Monument of Prayers for Peace by World Religious Leaders. Religious Summit Meeting Held on Mt. Hiei August 1987.
-Japan Conference of Religious Representatives
Enryaku-ji is a sprawling temple complex located on one of Japan's most sacred mountains, Hiei-zan. It was founded by Saicho, who was mainly responsible for bringing the Tendai sect of Buddhism from China in the later part of the 8th century. At one point, the Enryaku-ji complex had as many as 3,000 sub-temples and became a powerful force both politically and militarily. These factors forced action by daimyo Oda Nobunaga who wanted to rid himself of factions such as the Enryaku-ji and Hongan-ji monks. Most of the complex was destroyed by Nobunaga in 1571. Today, it can be reached via cable car from either the Otsu or Kyoto side of Mt. Hiei. However, if you are scared of heights, I don't recommend it. It is the longest (2025m), and possibly the steepest cable car journey in Japan.
Enryaku-ji. Otsu, Shiga.
Takayama Jinya was a branch office of the Edo Bakufu government from 1692 to 1868. It is designated as a National historic site and is the only existing government building of its kind in Japan.
The Bakufu directly ruled about 60 domains in various important areas of Japan while about 250 feudal lords (daimyo) ruled their own domains.
Hida province, today's Takayama region, became Bakufu for 176 years. In 1867, the Bakufu lost its political power and returned it to Emperor Meiji.
Since these buildings were administered by the Takayama prefectural government office and several provincial and prefectural government offices until 1969, the precious historical heritage has been well-preserved.
The main picture shows the entrance.
As a review for those who may have stumbled upon this image without having seen the others, I will give another brief description of Waki Honjin (脇本陣) in English.
Waki Honjin (脇本陣) were back up quarters. They were used when two or more Daimyo arrived at the same Post Town (Shukuba) on the same night. The higher ranked Daimyo would of course stay at the Honjin (an Officially Designated Inn), while the lower ranking would stay at the Waki Honjin. These back up quarters were also used for a High Ranking Daimyo's Chief Retainers when his entourage was too large to all be accommodated at the Honjin and by regular travelers who had a high enough status or large enough wallets.
love his hair, his suit, his rings.
UPDATE DEC 2013: I just spotted this guy on the documentary, "Scatter My Ashes t Bergdorf's." He's Thomas Khadafy, a salesman at the Bergdorf Shoe Salon. He also has his own jewelry company, Daimyo.
Fukuoka Castle (福岡城) is a Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城) or Seki Castle (石城). Completed in the early Edo period for tozama daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, it has been decreed a historic site by the Japanese government.
The castle lies in the centre of Fukuoka, on top of Fukusaki hill. The Naka River (那珂), Naka-gawa in Japanese, acts as a natural moat on the eastern side of the castle, while the western side uses a mudflat as a natural moat. Hakata, a ward with a bustling port, is located on the opposite side of the Naka River to the east. The castle town was established on the northern side, facing the sea.
Much of the castle grounds has been converted to Maizuru Park, which houses several sports facilities, a courthouse, and an art museum. Heiwadai Baseball Stadium, the past home field of the Nishitetsu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, was also located on the castle grounds. Some of the castle's gates as well as its towers and turrets, known as yaguras, are preserved inside the park, one of which has been marked as an important historical artifact by the Japanese government.
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Photograph taken by
Jos van der Heiden (2015)
Even in the modern, fast paced, crazy world of Akihabara, some semblance of Japanese normalcy can be still found.
While on a photo-walk with Tyler and Enggul we stumbled upon this little shrine to the fox god, "Inari" in the back streets of electric town.
This is the post town of Futagawa in the province of Mikawa (present day Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture) Futagawa, if you were approaching it from Edo, was the 33rd of 53 post towns along the Tōkaidō Road. In its hey-day, the town hosted one honjin inn for daimyo, imperial messengers and other people of importance and 30 hatago inns for other travelers.
During the Edo period (1603-1868), the Tokugawa Shogunate heavily regulated the movement of people and goods along the Tōkaidō Road as a means of making it difficult for potential daimyo to move armies and military supplies. As a result, the Shogunate banned the building of bridges along most major river crossings and in the case of the treacherous Ōi River which bisected the Tōkaidō at the post town of Shimada (23rd stop from Edo) in present day Shizuoka Prefecture, even use of ferry boats were prohibited. As a result, a unique profession arose in which “river men” would carry people across the river either on their shoulders or on floatable palanquins. As Japan exited the feudal days of old during the Meiji period and started to modernize, the ban on building bridges was lifted, and in 1879 the Hōrai Bridge was built spanning the Ōi River. Made entirely out of wood, Hōrai Bridge is recognized as the longest wooden bridge in the world at 897 meters long.
The Hōrai Bridge may have been the death knell of the Shimada river man profession, but luckily for us, the part of Shimada in which the river men and their families used to live is very well preserved and retains much of its Edo Period feel.
What is TAYU?
Originally, the Kyoto Tayu were the collapse of aristocratic women. They became professional to show elegant dance and poetry and provide sophisticated conversation at salon in Kyoto. Their status was as high as Daimyo. Also they could visit the palace of emperor. They had been respected, but they had no power and their status was not guaranteed when the ruler changes.
(the word "tayu" is originally one of the noble rank.)
Later, in the Edo culture, the most beautiful Oiran of Edo had been called Tayu. It meant that they were as beautiful and elegant as Tayu in Kyoto, but they were completely different.
In the late Edo period, many samurai went to Kyoto from all over Japan. Most of them were brutal and didn't know the manner in Kyoto Shimabara. The rule in Hanamachi had been mixed with that in Edo and confused. And the Tayu Kyoto had been treated just like Oiran in Edo. The original Tayu had disappeard once.
Tayu Nowadays, are close to the original Tayu. Most of them are highly educated and master Kadou, Sadou, all of that required as perfect lady. Also they required political and economic insights. They must be able to talk with the king if they wanted. It is necessary to practice for many years. Many girl wants to be Tayu, but there are only six Tayu in the world now.(2010)
In addition, some current Tayu married. Because, Tayu, they provide "芸(gei)", not "色(iro)".
thanks for google translate.
Nagoya Castle is located in Nagoya Aichi, Japan.
Imagawa Ujichika built the original castle around 1525. Oda Nobuhide took it from Imagawa Ujitoyo in 1532, but later abandoned it.
In 1610, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the various daimyo to help with the building of a new castle on the site. This new castle was to be the new capital of the existing Owari province and many of the materials used were sourced from the smaller Kiyosu Castle in the existing provincial capital of Kiyosu. Nagoya castle's construction was completed in 1612.
During the Edo period, Nagoya castle was the centre of one of the most important castle towns in Japan and the most important stop along the Tokaido road that linked the two capitals of Kyoto and Edo.
Until the Meiji Era, the castle was the home of the Owari clan of the Tokugawa family.
On top of the castle are two golden imaginary tiger-headed fishs , called kinshachi (金鯱 kin no shachihōko); this motif is used as a talisman for fire prevention. They are said to be a symbol of the feudal lord's authority. Both kinshachi were temporarily lowered from atop the castle and displayed on the castle grounds, and briefly at the site of the Expo 2005 from March 19th until June 19th of 2005, and were restored to the castle on July 9th the same year. As preparation for the World Expo plaques with English were added to most displays as well as a 3D movie showing the paintings in Hommaru Palace.
During World War II, The castle was burnt down on May 14, 1945 by the air raid of the United States, and most of its artifacts were destroyed; many of the paintings inside, however, survived and have been preserved to this day. The rebuilding of the castle finished in 1959. Today the castle is a modern concrete building with airconditioning and elevators. In addition, there are plans to reconstruct the Hommaru Palace (本丸御殿 Hommaru Goten), which was also lost to fire during the war. Many of the paintings from this palace were also rescued, and replicas of these paintings will be placed in their appropriate locations within the restored palace. Until then, many of the objects formerly in the Hommaru as well as replicas of sliding shoji doors and the reconstructed Nō stage can be seen in the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya.
The shoguns were often guests of the daimyo (feudal lord) for duck hunting. This is a hunting blind in the "kamo-ba," the duck hunting field.
Hamarikyu Gardens is a public park alongside Tokyo Bay next to the futuristic Shiodome district. The park is at the mouth of the Sumida River and is a landscaped stroll garden surrounding Shioiri Pond, whose level changes with the tides. The park is surrounded by a moat filled by Tokyo Bay and was once the site of a villa of a feudal lord. It later became the Imperial guesthouse. In 1946 it became a public park. Traditional falcon and goshawk hunting techniques are demonstrated daily. I can't believe I missed that!
This is the post town of Futagawa in the province of Mikawa (present day Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture) Futagawa, if you were approaching it from Edo, was the 33rd of 53 post towns along the Tōkaidō Road. In its hey-day, the town hosted one honjin inn for daimyo, imperial messengers and other people of importance and 30 hatago inns for other travelers.
The Kinokuniya Hatago (Inn) isn’t certain when it first started business— the records aren’t very clear. The original owner was from Kishū and moved to the Arai post-town early in the Edo period and operated a teahouse. Somewhere along the way, the teahouse business morphed into an inn. It is known that in 1703, Kinokuniya was often used as an inn by retainers from Kishū—back in the old days, Japan was made up of about 200 different domains, each of which was like a principality not unlike Europe during its feudal days. Therefore, Japanese during the Edo period were somewhat clannish and tended to want to associate with places that had connections to their native domains. As for Kishū, it was one of the most powerful feudal domains during the Edo Period (1602-1868) and its hereditary daimyo was from a collateral branch of the Tokugawa family, making the daimyo a blood relative of the Tokugawa line of shoguns.
In the late Edo Period, the Kinokuniya was a one-story building with 12 rooms and 2 larger Japanese-style multi-purpose rooms. Unfortunately the original building burnt down in 1874 and was re-built in a traditional Edo-Period style, but this time as a two-storied building. So…the Kinokuniya is really an Edo Period-style building from the Meiji Period. Make sense? Hope so!
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.
Armor (Gusoku),
Japan, Edo period 17th century
Inscribed by Yukinoshita Sadalye
The helmet is mounted with the crest of the Date family, daimyo of Sendai
What is TAYU?
Originally, the Kyoto Tayu were the collapse of aristocratic women. They became professional to show elegant dance and poetry and provide sophisticated conversation at salon in Kyoto. Their status was as high as Daimyo. Also they could visit the palace of emperor. They had been respected, but they had no power and their status was not guaranteed when the ruler changes.
(the word "tayu" is originally one of the noble rank.)
Later, in the Edo culture, the most beautiful Oiran of Edo had been called Tayu. It meant that they were as beautiful and elegant as Tayu in Kyoto, but they were completely different.
In the late Edo period, many samurai went to Kyoto from all over Japan. Most of them were brutal and didn't know the manner in Kyoto Shimabara. The rule in Hanamachi had been mixed with that in Edo and confused. And the Tayu Kyoto had been treated just like Oiran in Edo. The original Tayu had disappeard once.
Tayu Nowadays, are close to the original Tayu. Most of them are highly educated and master Kadou, Sadou, all of that required as perfect lady. Also they required political and economic insights. They must be able to talk with the king if they wanted. It is necessary to practice for many years. Many girl wants to be Tayu, but there are only six Tayu in the world now.(2010)
In addition, some current Tayu married. Because, Tayu, they provide "芸(gei)", not "色(iro)".
thanks for google translate.
From the museum's pamphlet:
"George Henry Longly (b. 1978 in the United Kingdom, lives in London) presents an unsettling installation around an exceptional collection of 18th and 19th century armour and accessories that belonged to daimyo, powerful lords in feudal Japan. Paying close attention to systems of presentation and the construction of experience, George Henry Longly has conceived a shifting environment that skirts and sidesteps our every attempt to apprehend it. The perception of space and of the Japanese objects is constantly modified by an aleatory mechanism that generates disturbances and tensions.
Video, sculpture and sound contribute to the distortion of the exhibition space, which serves as the site of an original dialogue between historical objects, biology, and phenomenology. Images created by submarine research robots enter into resonance with daimyo suits of armour, masterpieces of cutting-edge technology in their own right. George Henry Longly draws on pop culture, the collective unconscious and the motif of sensory deprivation to conjure up an experience that oscillates between armour and skin, between the carnal envelope and artificial extensions of the human body."
This marks the site where the single honjin (inn reserved for daimyo and senior retainers) in the Tōkaidō road post town of Fujikawa.
A honjin is an inn that is reserved for daimyo (feudal lords) and their high ranking retainers when traveling. A "waki" honjin is smaller place where lower-ranking samurai would stay. This is said to be the oldest surviving building in Fujikawa, and the gate dates back to the late Edo Period. A very small, one-roomed museum lies behind the doors.
Fujikawa was the 37th stop along the old Tōkaidō road on the way to Kyoto from Edo. In its heyday, the town of Fujikawa stretched along about 1km of the road and comprised 36 inns, 302 homes, 1 wholesaler, 1 honjin inn for daimyo or other people of notable rank.
Paris , musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet
milieu 18 è siecle
Japon , période Edo 1673–1745
armoiries du domaine de Takasu aujourd'hui Kaizu
seigneur Tokugawa Munekatsu
armure à la cuirasse en écailles en fer laqué or
casque réalisé par l'armurier Myochin Muneakira
masque école de Myochin présente une expression féroce style Ressi
mid 18 th century
Japan, Edo period 1673-1745
coat of arms of Takasu Domain today Kaizu
Lord Tokugawa Munekatsu
armor with cuirass in scales in gold lacquered iron
helmet made by the gunsmith Myochin Muneakira
Myochin's school mask presents a ferocious expression Ressi style
Armor (Gusoku)
Japan, Edo period, 16th and 18th centuries
This example comes from the armory of Date Yoshimura , daimyo of Sendai, The helmet bowl dates from the sixteenth century, the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century.
All of the lines make this photo look crooked.
As a review for those who may have stumbled upon this image without having seen the other photos and descriptions, here is a brief description of Honjin (本陣) in English that I wrote when I first started my walking/cycling trip.
Honjin (本陣) were designated Inns at which Daimyo would stay while traveling to or from Yedo (Edo/Tokyo). These Inns were typically the homes of Town Heads, Merchants or other Wealthy individuals who had both the space as well as the alternate income to support the Daimyo and his attendants' stay. As a designated Inn, only Daimyo were permitted to stay. Regular travelers, regardless of their status or money available to them, could not lodge at a Honjin. This meant that the owner of the Honjin could typically only really make money between March and May, as Daimyo were required to change residence to or from Yedo (Edo/Tokyo) in April. Even then, Daimyo would many times use "loans" and "favors" to stay instead of cold, hard cash. Without the second income, the Honjin would have found themselves in Bankruptcy quite quickly.
At its peak, the Old Tokaido is said to have had 111 Honjin, most of which have been long since converted to schools, hospitals, town offices, (increasingly) parking lots, etc. because of the space they afforded and the cost it would require to maintain such luxurious surroundings in today's Japan. A few have survived as Museums, however... or Ramen Shops like this one.
The Stealth Historical Marker (highlighted by a note) was erected by the Fujisawa City Board of Education
and reads:
「本陣は大名・幕臣・公家などの公認宿舎のことで、藤沢宿では大久保町と坂戸町の境付近に蒔田源右衛門が勤める本陣がありました。」
An only1tanuki translation to English:
"Honjin were officially designated Inns for Daimyo, Shogunate Retainers, Imperial Nobles, etc. Near the border of Okubo Town and Sakato Town in Fujisawa Shuku, Genemon Maita ran a Honjin."
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TRANSLATION IS MINE. Any suggestions on how to improve it are appreciated.**
Tateyama Castle (館山城? Tateyama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan. The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城?).
Satomi Yoshiyori, virtually independent lord of all of the Bōsō Peninsula during the Sengoku Period, erected Tateyama Castle in 1580 to guard the entry to Edo Bay and the southern portions of his domains. After the Satomi clan was destroyed by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1614 and Tateyama Domain suppressed, the castle was allowed to fall into ruin.
In 1781, the domain was reinstated, with Inaba Masaaki as the first daimyō of Tateyama Domain under the Inaba clan. He rebuilt the fortifications of the old castle, but apparently did not erect a donjon, as his successor, Inaba Masatake was only allowed to build a jinya fortified residence. The Inaba clan remained in residence at Tateyama until the Meiji Restoration.
The current donjon was reconstructed in 1982 to boost local tourism and to function as an annex to the local Tateyama City Museum. As there are no surviving records indicating the appearance of the original donjon, the current structure was modeled after Inuyama Castle.