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Shogunate Japanese Castes
Shogunate Japanese Castles
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Who lived in Japanese castles?
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Why were castles built?
Generally the Emperor and his family, Shogun and his family and maybe even the Daimyos
This is the Matsumoto castle it is one of Japans premier historic castles because its architecture was by a samurai. It was built in 1504 but was only in use from 1504-1868
This painting was designed by an artist named Giona in 2007. It was painted to show us the audience what the Hemiji castle may have looked like before its modern reconstruction.
In medieval Japan Castles were built for two main purposes. The first reason being as a defensive platform, this was so they had a place to retreat to during battles and attacks. The main keep of castles also kept a storage of food and weapons just in case of prolonged battles. The second purpose for having castles in medieval Japan was for the Display of wealth and power, generally the bigger the Castle the wealthier and the more power you were thought to have. Some strategic reasons as to why castles were built were to protect wise locations that were used to transport
This image shows us that life for an Emperor was very rewarding considering the wealth shown by the design of the castle.
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What were japanese castles made of?
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How much would it cost to build a castle?
Majestic Buildings
Beam of moon light
Ruled by Emperor
This is a photograph taken of the interior hall way in the first Japanese castle, the Nijo castle. The Nijo castle was built in 1603 and reconstructed in 1887
Although they were built to last for a long period of time and used more stone in there architecture than other buildings, Japanese castles were made primarily of wood which made it easy for most castles to decompose over the years, this was especially true during the 14th through to 16th century when must castles were first built.
During the medieval ages it cost quite a lot to build castle just as it would know. The cheapest or lowest price that a castle could use to be built would be around ¥230,000,000 (Kumamoto Castle) and he highest being ¥15,000,000,000 (Nagoya Castle) these would be around the price of $2,500,000 and $159,713,443.
This haiku expresses the personality of a grand castle that presents it's colour when the night comes and the moon glows as the Emperor sits on his throne with great power.
This image shows us how much wealth the people in japan had, and how they liked to design the castle in such a intricate way