Originally scheduled to visit the Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Imperial Palace, but the time to visit the Imperial Palace must be applied for in advance, the travel agency did not have time to apply, and changed to Nijo Castle.After inquiring, it turns out that Nijo Castle was larger than the Kyoto Imperial Palace where the Emperor lived. Part of the area was included in Nijo Castle. It can be imagined that the Tokugawa family had high power during the Edo Shogunate.
Nijo Castle was the residence where Ieyasu Tokugawa met the Emperor when he came to Kyoto, and the Tokugawa people and military commanders who came from various places also had a resting place.
I have seen that Oo has a general understanding of the previous generations of the Tokugawa family. The Ninomaru Palace in the castle was built in 1603, about the beginning of the Edo period. The builder was Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.On the other hand, the third-generation general, Tokugawa Iemitsu, expanded the original city area to the scale it is now seen, and later named the city after the street.
The leader and tour guide "Foreman Jian" is explaining the history of Nijo Castle and the main points of the tour.
See GeyouAnthonyAfter the introduction, it was learned that the Kyoto City Government changed its name to Motorigu Nijo Castle in 1939.
Chrysanthemum-a symbol of the Japanese imperial family.It complements the golden family crests of the Japanese imperial family everywhere in the city.
Ninomaru Palace.
However, since photography is not possible in the hall, there are wax statues that allow visitors to feel the meeting of the princes at that time. Even the corridor floor of the Ninomaru Palace has a mystery, because assassins are prevented from intruding, as long as someone walks on the floor, it will affect the floor. The organ that sounds like a Huang Ying is called "Yingsheng Floor".
After returning to Taiwan, I found out that the paintings in the temple were all works of the "Kano school" painters in the Edo period.In addition, the Ninomaru Palace is also a samurai academy-style building from the Momoyama period, with six buildings arranged diagonally from the southeast to the northwest.
Finally, in 1867, the fifteenth general, Tokumitsu Keihe, "returned" to the emperor, the return ceremony took place in the Ninomaru Palace of Nijo Castle, ending the separatist regime of the Japanese feudal towns. After the unification of Japan, it developed rapidly into modern times.
I think that when everything is returned to the emperor, the Tokugawa family will not have power and influence. No wonder the emperor of Japan has ordered that all Tokugawa family crests in Nijo Castle that are higher than the royal family crest be removed to demonstrate the power of the royal family (as shown below, The red arrow is the family crest of the Japanese imperial family, and below it is the family crest of Tokugawa).But they all say that there is a place where the Tokugawa family crest cannot be removed because of its relatively high location, so many people will look for this place again, but a friend took pictures of the Tokugawa family crest in two places, and the Tokugawa family crest was not removed. Cool ~
The red arrow is the Tokugawa family crest-the clover.
☆ Nijo Castle Ninomaru Palace
– Address: 〒604-8301 Nijo Castle Town, Nakakyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
