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