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The Naka-no-mon was rebuilt after the 1657 fire by [[Hosokawa Tsunatoshi]], lord of [[Kumamoto han]], and though damaged in a [[1703]] earthquake, it was restored the following year by [[Ikeda Yoshiyasu]].<ref>"Facts Revealed by Demolition Work," plaque on-site at Naka-no-mon.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/18173205156/sizes/k/]</ref> In the 1710s, shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]] had the Naka-no-gomon refashioned as the chief southern gate to the castle, in emulation of Chinese urban and palace design, in which the most important or "main" gates are to the south; he also had a lavish gate constructed at [[Shibaguchi Gate|Shiba-guchi]], to the south of the castle for this same purpose. However, after Hakuseki lost power around [[1716]], this newly ornate Naka-no-gomon was torn down.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi 渡辺浩, “’Rei’ ‘Gobui’ ‘Miyabi’ – Tokugawa Seiken no girei to jugaku” 「『礼』『御武威』『雅び』－徳川政権の儀礼と儒学－」, in ''Kokusai kenkyû shûkai hôkokusho'' 国際研究集会報告書 vol 22, "Kuge to buke - sono hikaku bunmeishi-teki kenkyû" 公家と武家――その比較文明史的研究――, Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyû Center 国際日本文化研究センター (2004), 171-172.</ref>
The Naka-no-mon was rebuilt after the 1657 fire by [[Hosokawa Tsunatoshi]], lord of [[Kumamoto han]], and though damaged in a [[1703]] earthquake, it was restored the following year by [[Ikeda Yoshiyasu]].<ref>"Facts Revealed by Demolition Work," plaque on-site at Naka-no-mon.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/18173205156/sizes/k/]</ref> In the 1710s, shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]] had the Naka-no-gomon refashioned as the chief southern gate to the castle, in emulation of Chinese urban and palace design, in which the most important or "main" gates are to the south; he also had a lavish gate constructed at [[Shibaguchi Gate|Shiba-guchi]], to the south of the castle for this same purpose. However, after Hakuseki lost power around [[1716]], this newly ornate Naka-no-gomon was torn down.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi 渡辺浩, “’Rei’ ‘Gobui’ ‘Miyabi’ – Tokugawa Seiken no girei to jugaku” 「『礼』『御武威』『雅び』－徳川政権の儀礼と儒学－」, in ''Kokusai kenkyû shûkai hôkokusho'' 国際研究集会報告書 vol 22, "Kuge to buke - sono hikaku bunmeishi-teki kenkyû" 公家と武家――その比較文明史的研究――, Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyû Center 国際日本文化研究センター (2004), 171-172.</ref>
A gate known as the Onarimon, located to the south of the castle (just north of the modern-day location of [[Shinbashi Station]]) was closely associated with Saiwai-bashi bridge, and was used by the shogun when visiting the Tokugawa-associated temple [[Zojoji|Zôjô-ji]]. The gate was torn down in [[1902]]; as that particular set of moats was filled in at some point, the bridge is also no longer extant.<ref>Takatsu Takashi 高津孝, "Machi aruki Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo no machi" 「街歩き 琉球人行列と江戸の町」. ''Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen'' 日本近世生活絵引：琉球人行列と江戸編、Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 204.</ref>
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