Nijo Castle

Livro seminovo em ótimo estado – idioma japones com comentários em ingles- 18x25cm 44p – sem nome – sem dedicatória – sem notas – sem grifos – sem carimbos – miolo firme – sem etiqueta no dorso – ricamente ilustrado Originally built in 1603 by the first Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu, the castle served as both the Kyoto headquarters and residence of the shogun, and can thus be called a castled palace. On the occasion of an Imperial visit in 1626, the buildings of the Ninomaru Palace were reconstructed and modified into their present state. When the Tokugawa shogunate returned the government to Emperor Meiji in 1867, the castle was also transferred to the Imperial family, and was known as the Nijo Castle Detached Papace afterway. In 1939 the castle was given to the city o