Hikone Castle
Title
Hikone Castle
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
August 17, 2015
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
April, 1972
Work Location
Japan (nation)
Hikone (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Japanese architecture styles
Subject
castles (fortifications)
moats
Description
View of one of the moats at Hikone Castle in Japan. "The building of any castle required a huge amount of labor. At Hikone, many of the massive stones for the fortified walls were dragged overland from the former site at Sawayama, while the castle itself is said to have been a reconstruction of an old castle at Otsu, on the opposite shore of Lake Biwa. Although there is no precise record of the numbers of people involved, an army of laborers, carpenters, stone-masons and tile makers must have been engaged in the project,"--The Story of Hikone Castle Town, from Nakasendo Way website.
Material/Medium
stone (worked rock)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TOJ-604
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