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| The original Bamboo Grove, Leopards and Tiger/|Ρ^Υ}ichikurin Hyokozu) by Kanoh School |
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| Restored and reproduced Chikurin Hyokozu on the sliding doors |
Honmaru Goten
(Honmaru Palace)
Nagoya Castle Honmaru Goten (Honmaru Palace) was built in 1615 (c·QON/Keicho 20) as the residence
for the leader of the Owari Domain. It was a graceful structure and designated
as a National Treasure with the great donjon in 1930.
However, sorry enough, both of them burned down in air raids of May 1945
during the World War II.
The Nagoya Castle donjon was rebuilt in 1959.
Honmaru Palace restoration was started
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| The original Bamboo Grove, Leopards and Tiger/|Ρ^Υ}ichikurin Hyokozu) by Kanoh School |
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| Restored and reproduced Chikurin Hyokozu on the sliding doors |
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Entrance Hall@/@ΊΦ@Genkan
Genkan has two rooms (Ichi no Ma & Ni no Ma) separated by sliding doors.
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| Genkan is a waiting room where visitors wait to be led to a back room.
Each room is surrounded by walls and sliding doors with pictures of tigers and panthers that would intimidate visitors. At that time(the early Edo period), painters could know them only by their skin rugs or pictures from abroad. So, people had considered that a tiger and a panther were the same kind of animal (tiger/male, panther/female) |
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Audience room / \@@Omote Shoin
(The kanji's meaning of @/shoin is study or drawing room)
Omote Shoin was used for formal audience or meeting.. It has five rooms
with beautiful fusuma-paintings.
Especially "Jodan no Ma" is noble and dignified.
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| Ichi no Ma / κVΤ ...........Japanese pheasant/Kiji@θ³@(Japanese pheasant is native to Japan) and Sakura | |||
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| San no Ma / OVΤ......... Civent/κlLJako-neko, Malus halliana/ΤC©HanaKaido | |||
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| 5: Nando no Ma / [ΛVΤ Boxroom | |||
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