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[[File:Hotta-gate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Main gate to the mansion compound]]
[[File:Hotta-mansion.jpg|right|thumb|320px|One section of the mansion, as seen from the garden]]
*''Built: [[1890]], [[Hotta Masatomo]]''
*''Japanese'': 旧堀田邸 ''(kyuu hotta tei)''
The ''kyû-Hotta-tei'' is a [[Meiji period]] mansion in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]], built in the style of ''daimyô'' mansions of the [[Edo period]]. It was built by [[Hotta Masatomo]], the last lord of [[Sakura han]], in [[1890]], in anticipation of his return to Sakura from [[Tokyo]]. Designated as a national [[Important Cultural Property]], it is one of the best preserved traditional-style ''daimyô'' residences in the country.
The main portion of the residence consists of interlinked single-story wooden buildings, with one two-story section. A bathhouse was added in [[1911]] when Masatomo hosted the [[Taisho Emperor|Crown Prince Yoshihito]]. Many of the buildings on the compound have thick plastered walls for fireproofing.
The mansion's garden combines the Western element of a sprawling lawn with stone lanterns, well-placed rocks, pines, cypresses and other elements of traditional Japanese gardens.
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==References==
*Pamphlets available on-site.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[File:Hotta-mansion.jpg|right|thumb|320px|One section of the mansion, as seen from the garden]]
*''Built: [[1890]], [[Hotta Masatomo]]''
*''Japanese'': 旧堀田邸 ''(kyuu hotta tei)''
The ''kyû-Hotta-tei'' is a [[Meiji period]] mansion in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]], built in the style of ''daimyô'' mansions of the [[Edo period]]. It was built by [[Hotta Masatomo]], the last lord of [[Sakura han]], in [[1890]], in anticipation of his return to Sakura from [[Tokyo]]. Designated as a national [[Important Cultural Property]], it is one of the best preserved traditional-style ''daimyô'' residences in the country.
The main portion of the residence consists of interlinked single-story wooden buildings, with one two-story section. A bathhouse was added in [[1911]] when Masatomo hosted the [[Taisho Emperor|Crown Prince Yoshihito]]. Many of the buildings on the compound have thick plastered walls for fireproofing.
The mansion's garden combines the Western element of a sprawling lawn with stone lanterns, well-placed rocks, pines, cypresses and other elements of traditional Japanese gardens.
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==References==
*Pamphlets available on-site.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]