Keywords: Bjh37 Yedo castlemoat.jpg CASTLE OF YEDO ”INNER MOAT THE Castle of Yedo for Two Hundred and Sixty years the residence of the Taikuns and now 1869 that of the Mikado of Japan was built in the beginning of the seventeenth century by Iyeyasu the great founder of the last dynasty of Taikuns or Shioguns An older Castle had however previously existed on the spot where now stands the Nishi-no-Maru or Western Palace It was built according to one account at least by Ota-do-kan a noted retainer of a former dynasty The Hon-Maru or principal palace with the moats as they now exist are the work of Iyeyasu The Nishi-no-Maru is seen in the view at the farther end of the bridge while the Hon-maru occupies the space behind the spot where the spectator is supposed to be standing http //ocw mit edu/ans7870/21f/21f 027j/beato_places/fb_menu html between 1863 and early 1870s Creator Felice Beato PD-old-100 Hamaguri-bori Fujimi-yagura Sakashita-mon Photographs of Japan by Felice Beato |