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Gallery
  • Main Keep
  • Main keep, Ote Ichinomon, Ote Ninomon
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Main keep and Uchibori moat
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Stone walls and main keep
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Stone walls and main keep
  • Ninomaru Karamete
  • Ote Ninomon and Ichinomon masugata style gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon Gate
  • Ote Ninomon
  • Walls of the masugata gate
  • embankment and stone wall of the moat
  • Ote Ichinomon Gate
  • masugata gate
  • Inside the Ote Ichinomon Gate
  • Stone wall of the Sannomaru
  • Stone wall of the Sannomaru
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru Stone Walls
  • View from the Sannnomaru Bailey
  • Stone walls of the Ninomaru and Sannomaru
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Bailey Ote Entrance
  • Ninomaru Bailey Ote Entrance
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Karamete Entrance
  • Main Keep
  • Main Keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • View from the main keep
  • Inside the main keep
  • Honmaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru entrance
  • Ninomaru Tatsumi Yagura foundation
  • Ninomaru Tatsumi Yagura foundation
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Karameteguchi (rear entrance)
  • Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Ninomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru Stone walls
  • Obikuruwa Bailey and Sannomaru stone walls
  • Ninomaru Karameteguchi (rear entrance)
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Ninomaru, Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru Karameteguchi
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru Karameteguchi
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Obikuruwa and Sannomaru Stone Walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Obikuruwa and Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Sannomaru stone walls
  • Nozurazumi stone wall
  • Nozurazaumi tone walls
  • Uchibori moat (inner moat)
  • Lord's palace front gate
  • Nagaya of the guard house
  • Lord's palace gate
  • Walls of the palace grounds
  • Uchibori Moat
  • Main keep and stone walls
  • Map
  • Marugame index.jpg


Castle Profile
English Name Edo Castle
Japanese Name 江戸城
Alternate Names Chiyoda-jo, Tokyo-jo, Ota-jo
Founder Ota Dokan
Year Founded 1400
Castle Type Flatland
Castle Condition ruins only
Designations Has Important Cultural Property"Has Important Cultural Property" is not in the list (Top 100 Castles, Next 100 Castles, UNESCO World Heritage Site, has Important Cultural Properties, has National Treasures, Top 100 Mountaintop Castles, National Historic Site, Prefectural Historic Site, Local Historic Site, Special Historic Site) of allowed values for the "Designations" property., Top 100 Castle"Top 100 Castle" is not in the list (Top 100 Castles, Next 100 Castles, UNESCO World Heritage Site, has Important Cultural Properties, has National Treasures, Top 100 Mountaintop Castles, National Historic Site, Prefectural Historic Site, Local Historic Site, Special Historic Site) of allowed values for the "Designations" property.
Historical Period Edo Period
Artifacts gates
Features
Visitor Information
Access Tokyo Station, 5 min walk
Hours Closed Monday and Friday
Time Required 240
URL Castle Website
Location Tokyo, Tokyo
Coordinates
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Notes

History

The history of Edo Castle dates back to the Heian Period when a fortified palace was built by the Edo clan on this site. In 1457 the Uesugi clan constructed the first Edo Castle. The castle remained under the control of the Uesugi family until the coming of the Tokugawa. Before Tokugawa Ieyasu, Edo (Tokyo) was just another town in the Kanto area. Partly due to Ieyasu's revolutionary city planning, the town of Edo developed at lightning speed and quickly became the social and political center of Japan. In 1590, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed the unification of Japan he granted lordship over the greater Tokyo region to his lieutenant Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa could have ruled from the well established castle town of Odawara (80km west of Tokyo); instead, he took the opportunity to build a new city from the underdeveloped village of Edo. In a little over 100 years, Edo's population would grow to more than a million people, making it the largest city in the world.

When Tokugawa became Shogun in 1603, Edo effectively became the capital of Japan. He mobilized a workforce from all parts of the country to build the huge stone walls, watchtowers, and palaces of the castle. The castle was the heart of Tokugawa's city and the largest castle in the world. The castle design was the work of the great castle architect, and Ieyasu's friend, Todo Takatora.

Please visit the Edo Castle feature page for more photos, maps and descriptions

I have visited Edo-jo many times and never tire of walking the grounds or searching out remnants of the original castle. The size may surprise you because it would take most of a day to walk the whole grounds and visit all the structures even with a well planned trip.

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