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===As Imperial Palace===
===As Imperial Palace===
[[File:Nijubashi.jpg|right|320px|thumb|The famous Nijûbashi bridge, leading to the Seimon (Main Gate) of the Imperial Palace]]
The [[Meiji Emperor]] took up residence in these temporary ''nishi-no-maru'' structures beginning on [[1869]]/3/28. By that time, after a brief period of being officially designated Tokyo Castle (''Tôkyô-jô''),<ref>Fujitani, 168.</ref> the castle had already been renamed "imperial residence" (''kôkyo''), the most standard term used to refer to the Palace today as well; however, [[Fukuoka Takachika]], among other prominent members of the Court at that time, argue that as it was not designated ''kyûjô'' (宮城), it was not yet ''the'' (permanent/primary) Imperial Palace, but was only an ''[[anzaisho]]'', a temporary palace secondary to [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|that in Kyoto]], until the newly-built Palace was designated ''kyûjô'' in [[1889]].<ref>Fujitani, 36-37.</ref>
The [[Meiji Emperor]] took up residence in these temporary ''nishi-no-maru'' structures beginning on [[1869]]/3/28. By that time, after a brief period of being officially designated Tokyo Castle (''Tôkyô-jô''),<ref>Fujitani, 168.</ref> the castle had already been renamed "imperial residence" (''kôkyo''), the most standard term used to refer to the Palace today as well; however, [[Fukuoka Takachika]], among other prominent members of the Court at that time, argue that as it was not designated ''kyûjô'' (宮城), it was not yet ''the'' (permanent/primary) Imperial Palace, but was only an ''[[anzaisho]]'', a temporary palace secondary to [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|that in Kyoto]], until the newly-built Palace was designated ''kyûjô'' in [[1889]].<ref>Fujitani, 36-37.</ref>
===Gates & Guardhouses===
===Gates & Guardhouses===
[[File:Sakuradamon.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Sakuradamon of Edo castle, where [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Ii Naosuke]] was assassinated in [[1860]]]]
[[File:Nakanogomon.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The remains of the Naka-no-gomon gate, with the [[Oban|Ôbansho]] (Great Guard guardhouse) just inside the gate]]
The Shimizumon 清水門, located in the northeastern corner of the Kitanomaru, is one of the castle's several ''masugata'' gates. It consists of an outer gate in the ''kôraimon'' style, dated to [[1658]], and designated an [[Important Cultural Property]], and an inner gate in the ''yagura-mon'' style, likely dating to 20th century repair efforts. The two are arranged at right angles to one another, forming a small square between them, with high stone walls, a defensive measure commonly seen at [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] / Edo period castles.<ref name=shimizu/>
The Shimizumon 清水門, located in the northeastern corner of the Kitanomaru, is one of the castle's several ''masugata'' gates. It consists of an outer gate in the ''kôraimon'' style, dated to [[1658]], and designated an [[Important Cultural Property]], and an inner gate in the ''yagura-mon'' style, likely dating to 20th century repair efforts. The two are arranged at right angles to one another, forming a small square between them, with high stone walls, a defensive measure commonly seen at [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] / Edo period castles.<ref name=shimizu/>