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)

View of Hikone Castle in Japan. "At the center of the City of Hikone stands the castle and castle complex, much as they have for some 400 years now. Designated as a National Treasure in 1952 by the Japanese government, Hikone Castle was the residence of successive lords of the Ii family of the Hikone domain, one of the most prominent and influential warlord families serving the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1867) which completed the reunification of Japan after the Warring States period. Hikone Castle played a pivotal role in securing the military rule which maintained peace for more than 250 years in early modern Japan. Throughout the Edo Period, the tower and turrets of Hikone Castle symbolized military prestige, and the palace-style buildings of the castle complex served to project authority and to promote the daimyo culture of early modern Japan. The castle grounds incorporated expansive gardens, as well. The Hikone Castle complex, including the main tower and other castle structures, gardens, have been well preserved, mostly in their original form,"--Hikone City website.

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