江戸城(えどじょう)は、武蔵国豊嶋郡江戸(現在の東京都千代田区千代田)にあった日本の城である。江戸時代においては江城(こうじょう)という呼び名が一般的だったと言われ、また千代田城(ちよだじょう)とも呼ばれる。
徳川家康が江戸城に入城した後は徳川家の居城、江戸幕府の開幕後は幕府の政庁となる。明治維新後の東京奠都で宮城(きゅうじょう)となった。以後は吹上庭園が御所、旧江戸城西ノ丸が宮殿の敷地となっている。その東側にある旧江戸城の中心部である本丸・二ノ丸と三ノ丸の跡は皇居東御苑として開放されている。南東側の皇居外苑と北側の北の丸公園は常時開放され、それらの外側は一般に利用できる土地になっている。
Edo Castle (江戸城 Edo-jō?), also known as Chiyoda Castle (千代田城 Chiyoda-jō?), is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan. It is today part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace and is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.[1] Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here. It was the residence of the shogun and location of the shogunate, and also functioned as the military capital during the Edo period of Japanese history. After the resignation of the shogun and the Meiji Restoration, it became the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Some moats, walls and ramparts of the castle survive to this day. However, the grounds were more extensive during the Edo period, with Tokyo Station and the Marunouchi section of the city lying within the outermost moat. It also encompassed Kitanomaru Park, the Nippon Budokan Hall and other landmarks of the surrounding area.
Very interesting! I went to Japan but couldn't see any castles or palaces which was unfortunate. Do you have a favorite place in Japan?
ReplyDeleteI have been there 5 years ago. It is very nice to picnic on the grass field.
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