Changes

The castle serves as a museum and recently removed the two golden shachigawara for display at Japan’s Expo 2005. Many reproductions of the artwork and rooms lost in World War II can be seen in the nearby Tokugawa Art Museum. There are also plans to rebuild the honmaru palace, which currently exists only as remains cordoned off by a bamboo fence.

The castle serves as a museum and recently removed the two golden shachigawara for display at Japan’s Expo 2005. Many reproductions of the artwork and rooms lost in World War II can be seen in the nearby Tokugawa Art Museum. There are also plans to rebuild the honmaru palace, which currently exists only as remains cordoned off by a bamboo fence.

Note that there was another famous Nagoya castle-this was the name given to the structure built by Hideyoshi in northern Kyushu in [[1592]]. The castle served as the headquarters and staging area for Hideyoshi’s invasions of Korea in the 1590’s. The construction of this castle was also largely overseen by Kato Kiyomasa.

 

Note that there was another famous Nagoya castle (名護屋城)-this was the name given to the structure built by Hideyoshi [[Hizen province]] in northern Kyushu in [[1592]]. The castle served as the headquarters and staging area for Hideyoshi’s [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] in the 1590’s. The construction of this castle was also largely overseen by Kato Kiyomasa.