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Map of Edo Castle

Edo Castle is a castle built on a flatland in 1457. It was built by Ōta Dōkan and is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was restored by Tokugawa leyasu. It was destroyed by a fire many times.

Images for kids

  • Tokyo Imperial Palace Aerial photograph 2019

    Aerial view of the inner grounds of Edo Castle, today the location of Tokyo Imperial Palace

  • Kanadehon-Chushingura-Stage-3-Utagawa-Kuniteru

    Ukiyo-e print depicting the assault of Asano Naganori on Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu no Ōrōka in 1701

  • Edo Karte 1847 Mitte

    In this 1847 map, the castle area is censored.

  • Honmaru and Ninomaru Palaces, Edo Castle, in the last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, model scale 1 over 200 - Edo-Tokyo Museum - Sumida, Tokyo, Japan - DSC06586

    The appearance of the Honmaru and Ninomaru during the Edo period

  • Edo P2

    The main tower (upper right) with the surrounding Honmaru palace, Bairinzaka, Hirakawaguchi Gate and Ninomaru (lower part)

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Kitahanebashimon Gate 2

    Kitahanebashi-mon

  • Tokyo Edo Castle base

    Stone foundation of the main tower (tenshu)

  • Model of historical imperial palace in Edo white

    Model of shiro shoin ("white study room"), used for meetings with imperial messengers

  • Bjh37 Yedo castlemoat

    View onto Hamaguri-bori (front), Sakashita-mon (left), Hasuike-Tatsumi-Sanjū-yagura (right),Fujimi-yagura (center in the back) before 1870

  • Fujimi-yagura 1 by D Ramey Logan

    The Fujimi Yagura (A Turret of The Edo Castle), built in 1659

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Fujimitamon

    Fujimi-tamon

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Ishimuro Stone Cellar

    Ishimuro

  • Castle of Yedo, inner moat

    Hamaguri-bori (front),Hasuike-Tatsumi-Sanjū-yagura (left),Tatsumi-Sanjū-yagura(right) before 1870

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    Dōshin-bansho

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Hyakunin bansho Guardhouse

    Hyakunin-bansho

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Obansho Guard house

    Ō-bansho

  • Kokyo0097

    Suwa-no-Chaya

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Hirakawa-mon-dec23-2016

    Hirakawa-mon

  • Otemon

    Ōte-mon

  • EdoCastleMoatWallBuilding

    Tatsumi-yagura at Kikyō-bori

  • Edo l21

    Nishinomaru and Fukiage, residences of the three Tokugawa families (17th century)

  • Bjh36 Yedo TycoonPalace doublebridge

    The old bridge before it was replaced with a European-style bridge during the Meiji-era, with the Fushimi-yagura in the back

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Sakashita mon outside

    Sakashita-mon

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Shimizumon Gate

    Shimizu-mon

  • Tora-no-Mon

    The Toranomon (Tiger Gate), demolished in the 1870s

  • Nijuubashi2

    Seimon Tetsubashi (Nijūbashi)

  • Seimon Ishibashi

    Seimon Ishibashi (Meganebashi)

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo inuimon gate

    Inui-mon, former Nishinomaru Ura-mon

  • Imperial Palace Tokyo Hanzomon Gate

    Hanzō-mon, former Wadakura Gate

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Castillo Edo para niños

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