View allAll Photos Tagged daimyo
Dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Established in 1627, and improved in 1651 by the third Tokugawa Shogun. The 120-foot pagoda (Kan'eiji Gojuno-to) was a gift of the daimyo of Sakura Castle to the Toshogu Shrine. The pagoda was erected in 1631.
Daimyo Princes du Soleil Levant by Francoise Faconnet
First issue: 1991/92
Jacquard 2000-2001 : Issued 90cm cashmere/silk
Keirin ('chickenwoods') stone, Ritsurin Park, Takamatsu, July 2013: a gift from a Kyushu daimyo, who got them from Korea
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.
Motoyasu san walked into my photography trap in Daimyo last week. He's a 27 year old, originally from Hiroshima and he's into cycling recently, but he'd like to be the swashbuckling pirate, Roronoa Zoro of One Piece. Motoyasu san, thank you!
お名前：もとやすさん
年齢：27
出身：広島
最近のハマっている事：サイクリング
成りたいキャラクター：ワンピースのゾロ
取材について思ったこと：いい！
Exposition
DAIMYO - Seigneurs de la guerre au Japon
Par George Henry Longly
Du 16/02/2018 au 13/05/2018
Palais de Tokyo
Le Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet et le Palais de Tokyo, réunissent dans le cadre d'un partenariat inédit, un ensemble exceptionnel d’armures et d’attributs de daimyo, ces puissants gouverneurs qui régnaient au Japon entre le XIIe et le XIXe siècle.
It was near here that the last Tokugawa shogun, Yoshinobu (aka, the Last Tycoon) got off the warship Kaiyo-maru from Osaka and returned to Edo Castle by horse, in 1868.
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!
新宿御苑
もともとは江戸時代に信濃高遠藩内藤家の下屋敷のあった敷地である。 1879年（明治12年）に新宿植物御苑が開設され、宮内省（現在の宮内庁）の管理するところとなったが、第二次世界大戦後は一般に公開され、現在は環境省管轄の国民公園として親しまれている。2006年（平成18年）に、「新宿御苑」の名を冠してから100周年を迎えた。開園100周年事業の一環として、絶滅が危惧されている植物の保護センターを設置することが計画されている。
例年4月上旬には内閣総理大臣主催の「桜を見る会」、11月上旬には環境大臣主催の「菊を観る会」が開催される。大正天皇・昭和天皇の大喪の礼が執り行われた場所でもある。
隣接する東京都立新宿高等学校の敷地は、1921年（大正10年）にこの新宿御苑の土地の一部が東京府へ下賜されたものである。
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (新宿御苑 Shinjuku Gyoen?) is a large park with an eminent garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally a residence of the Naitō family (Daimyo) in the Edo period. Afterwards, it became a garden under the management of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. It is now a park under the jurisdiction of the national Ministry of the Environment.
The garden of the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo stands on the property that was once the primary yashiki (estate) of the great Sengoku period feudal lord, Katō Kiyomasa (1562-1611). Kiyomasa was a trusted retainer and general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan in the wake of Oda Nobunaga’s assassination in 1582. Kiyomasa rose to fame during the battle of Shizugatake and soon found himself at the vanguard of many of Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasion of Korea in 1592, in which Kiyomasa’s reputation as a master tactician, fierce fighter, castle builder and as a cruel man grew. To this day, the mere mention of Kiyomasa’s name in Korea is sure to bring a frown. Although loyal to the Toyotomi, if there was one thing that Kiyomasa hated more than Christianity and poor martial spirit among the samurai, it was Ishida Mitsunari, leader of the Western coalition of daimyo that opposed the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was this hatred of Mitsunari that drove Kiyomasa into the Tokugawa camp where he played a pivotal role in the Kyushu theatre of the Sekigahara campaign in 1600. As a result of his service, Kiyomasa was rewarded by becoming one of the elite daimyo who were allowed to build his Edo estate near the shogun’s castle in the upscale area that became known as Kioi-cho, named after the elite Kii Tokugawa, Owari Tokugawa and Ii daimyo families that kept their residences in this area.
As Kiyomasa was loyal to the house of Toyotomi and as a final showdown between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi grew, the Tokugawa began to have their doubts about where Kiyomasa’s ultimate loyalty rested. Fearful of having to face this fierce and influential warlord on the opposing side of the battlefield when the fighting would inevitably erupt in 1615, it has been suggested that the Tokugawa had him poisoned. Shortly after the fall of the Toyotomi, Kiyomasa’s son was accused of disloyalty (most likely a trumped up charge) and the family’s fief in Kumamoto, Kyushu was seized by the shogunate and the clan was abolished. Soon after this, the grounds of the Katō estate in Tokyo were given to the Ii family.
When the New Otani Hotel was constructed, it was decided to keep the traditional Japanese garden intact. Today the garden covers more than 10 acres and has over 800 trees, 10,000 flowering plants, ponds, a waterfall, and 42 stone lanterns, many of which date back from the Edo (1603-1868) and the Kamakura (1192-1333) periods.
Daimyo Nagai Naomasa’s Kosho-ji Temple in Uji-Gyoban is a wooden fish-shaped drum, which serves as a signal to start and end rituals, meditation sessions and meals. The fish-shaped drums are common in Zen temples in Japan. Gyoban is also called Gyoko, Mokugyoku, or Ho. In Buddhism, the fish, which never sleeps, symbolises wakefulness and devotion to training.
(115) Daimyo Oak, gift to Anson Burlingame, U.S Envoy to China, Lincoln administration in 1863 in Japan on his way home from a trip to China. Lake Merritt Bonsai Garden, Oakland, CA , New Year's Day 2010. Photo taken in Summer 2009.
Japan - Lions raised funds, purchased relief supplies and shipped the supplies to Fukushima.
Photo courtesy of Lion Shuichiro Tokunaga, Fukuoka Daimyo Lions Club in 337-A (Fukuoka)
This is Fukushima Masanori (福島 正則, 1561 – August 26, 1624) during the annual Hō-Taikō Hanami Gyōretsu (Toyotomi Hideyoshi's cherry blossom viewing parade - 豊太閤花見行列) at Daigo-ji temple (醍醐寺) in Kyoto. He was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku Period to early Edo Period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain.
Followed by Kyōgoku Takatsugu (京極 高次, 1560 – June 4, 1609) during the annual Hō-Taikō Hanami Gyōretsu (Toyotomi Hideyoshi's cherry blossom viewing parade - 豊太閤花見行列) at Daigo-ji temple (醍醐寺) in Kyoto. He was a daimyo (feudal lord) of Omi Province and Wakasa Province during the late-Sengoku Period of Japan's history.