Edo Castle

One of the biggest, nicest and best castles in Japan is the Edo Castle. However, when Edo was first constructed it really wasn’t that nice at all. In 1457, this castle was constructed, but much different than it is today. Actually, all it really was, was a fort on top of a hill. The castle was also small, and surrounded by marshes. Ota Dokan was the man originally in charge of the construction of the Edo Castle. Ota Dokan was a local ruler, and leader of the Hojo family. The place that Dokan chose to build the castle was on a hill on which three sides were surrounded by marshes and swamps from the Sumida River surrounded the castle. The construction workers finished the fourth side by digging a moat. This was initially built to separate from the Yamanote district. The castle was not attackable.

Edo Castle is an extremely large castle. The castle covers over more than two kilometers. The size of the land is just overwhelming. Inside the moat, there are very beautiful gardens with unbelievable flowering trees, ponds and walkways. There are also a great number of rooms that are lived in. The most important daimyo, which are rulers and distant relatives of the shogun live in very elegant rooms. There is also a very large a

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Edo Castle was surrendered in a very peaceful and respectful way. This went on for several years, to build the walls, and the fleet was together for that long. As Bakufu stayed silent to watch over the Edo Castle surrendering process, they were equipped with armor in case they needed to attack. The proper wife of the 15th Shougun Yoshinobu did not lead her life in Oooku. Honmaru means center circle or ring, which made this moat the center of the castle. To make the agreement for Bakufu was Kawakatu Bingo-no-kami, Hori Jounosuke, and Hiraoka Soushiti. Because Edo Castle changed hands, the resident ladies had to leave their Oooku (Inner Palace). This fire swept through the entire Edo region. That night, Bakufu military forces took it into their own hands and acted by themselves, to change what had happened. It stood 45 meters high, and the base of the tower was 38 meters long and 34 meters wide. The great tower of Edo burned down just a few years after it was built. There needed to be some negotiating, and there were three teams of negotiators. Hashimoto entered Edo as an Imperial messenger. To prove their loyalty, he had them do construction work on his castle. One reason that it took so long to build was because it took a few years to just collect all of the materials that were needed in order to reconstruct Edo.

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