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
houses

Description

View of dwellings across a moat at Hikone Castle in Japan, with boat in foreground and bridge in background. "All these buildings were surrounded by a moat spanned, at various points, by five bridges. Beyond this moat was a second enclosure (ninomaru), also surrounded by fortified walls and another moat. Within this area were a number of official buildings, such as the daimyo’s tea-house and gardens as well as his stables, and also the residences of the most important of the daimyo’s retainers … The third enclosure of the ‘inner-town’ housed large numbers of both samurai and townspeople. The relatively high social status attached to people living in the inner-town is reflected by the size of stipend awarded to the samurai here,"--Nakasendo Way website.

Material/Medium

wood (plant material)

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-TOJ-612

Files

LTU-TOJ-612.tif
Date Added
August 17, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Hikone Castle,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/15017.