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*''Japanese'': 加賀江戸藩邸 ''(Kaga Edo hantei)''
 
*''Japanese'': 加賀江戸藩邸 ''(Kaga Edo hantei)''
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The main [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] of [[Kaga han]] in [[Edo]] covered roughly 267 acres, filled with warehouses, barracks, residences, gardens, and schools, and inhabited by as many as 30,000 people.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 72.</ref> The space is today the main campus of the [[University of Tokyo]].
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The main ''kami-yashiki'' [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] of [[Kaga han]] in the Hongô neighborhood of [[Edo]] covered more than 100,000 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' (roughly 267 acres), filled with warehouses, barracks, residences, gardens, and schools, and inhabited by as many as 30,000 people.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 72.</ref> The space is today the main campus of the [[University of Tokyo]]. The famous red gate (''akamon'') still standing on the university campus was originally built in [[1827]] for the occasion of the marriage of Kaga daimyô [[Maeda Nariyasu]] to [[Yohime|Yôhime]], 21st daughter of Shogun [[Tokugawa Ienari]].<ref>Craig, 78.; "[http://www.seisonkaku.com/english/tenjisitu/meihin5.html Embroidered Costume on Pale Blue Crepe]," [[Seisonkaku]] official website.</ref> The gate, originally known as the ''goshudenmon''<!--御守殿門-->, is today a registered [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Plaques on-site.</ref>
    
The lord of Kaga han typically [[sankin kotai|arrived in Edo]] with an entourage of 8,000, leaving roughly 4,000 behind afterwards to help manage his estates.
 
The lord of Kaga han typically [[sankin kotai|arrived in Edo]] with an entourage of 8,000, leaving roughly 4,000 behind afterwards to help manage his estates.
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The famous red gate (''akamon'') still standing on the university campus was originally built in [[1827]] for the occasion of the marriage of Kaga daimyô [[Maeda Nariyasu]] to [[Yohime|Yôhime]], 21st daughter of Shogun [[Tokugawa Ienari]].<ref>Craig, 78.; "[http://www.seisonkaku.com/english/tenjisitu/meihin5.html Embroidered Costume on Pale Blue Crepe]," [[Seisonkaku]] official website.</ref> The gate, originally known as the ''goshudenmon''<!--御守殿門-->, is today a registered [[Important Cultural Property]].<ref>Plaques on-site.</ref>
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While the lord resided at the ''kami-yashiki'', the domain maintained three other mansions in the city. The ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion") in Komagome covered over 20,000 ''tsubo'', and the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion") at Itabashi covered nearly 200,000 ''tsubo''. A ''kakae-yashiki'' at Fukagawa, meanwhile, covered less than 3,000 ''tsubo'', and served mainly to manage areas of rice fields which contributed to supporting the feeding and funding of the other mansions.<ref>Gallery labels, "Upper, Middle, and Lower Residences of Kaga Domain," National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/12591023803/sizes/h/]</ref>
    
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