Hikone Castle

Hikone Castle

Lawrence Technological University

August 17, 2015

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Single Built Works

April, 1972

Japan (nation)

Hikone (inhabited place)

Japanese architecture styles

castles (fortifications)

foundation walls

View of steps, foundation walls and entrance to Hikone Castle in Japan. "In 1604, construction of Hikone Castle began on Mt. Hikone (a hill also referred to as Konki-yama, which means Mountain of the Golden Turtle), which lay two kilometers west of Sawayama Castle. It took approximately twenty years to complete the Hikone Castle complex. During the first half of the construction period, the main part of the castle (including the honmaru, or main compound, and the kanenomaru, or bell tower) was completed … After the battles in Osaka, the construction of the castle was resumed independently by the Ii family of the Hikone domain under Ii Naotaka’s direction, and the majority of the castle complex and surrounding castle town were brought to completion, ushering in an era of peace and prosperity for the city and region which lasted over 250 years,"--Hikone City website.

wood (plant material)

stone (worked rock)

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