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The [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]] were one of the ''[[Gosanke]]'', three collateral houses of the main [[Tokugawa clan]] line of [[shogun]]s descended from [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The former site of their extensive mansion in [[Edo]], just outside the moats of [[Edo castle]], served briefly as a temporary [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]] in [[1873]] to [[1889]], during which time a Western-style residence for [[Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa]], designed by [[Josiah Conder]], was also built on the grounds. By [[1912]], the Imperial family was no longer actively using the site, and in 1930, it became the site of residences for the [[Yi family]], the former Korean royal family who had now been made ''[[kazoku]]'' (Japanese aristocracy, alongside former ''daimyô'' and [[kuge|courtiers]]).
The extensive grounds which were once controlled by the Kishû Tokugawa have today been significantly divided up, with a variety of apartment buildings, office buildings, shopping centers, and the like occupying various parts of the space. The section of the grounds formerly home to Western-style residences for Prince Kitashirakawa, and later for the Yi family, is today maintained by the Akasaka Prince Hotel as a luxurious restaurant and lodging.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
