Saturday, April 11, 2009

Nijou Castle

Nijou Castle was biult by Ieyasu Tokugawa ( the first shogun of Tokugawa shogunate ) in 1603. Nijou Castle has experienced a lot of historical event. Among them the most important event is "Taiseihoukan"(the Restoration of Imperial Rule) in 1867. By this event, Tokugawa shogunate lost them political force, and emperor got political force back. so Nijou Castle is center of Meiji revolution.

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