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Originally, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] provided mansions to the ''[[tozama daimyo|tozama daimyô]]'', in which their wives and children would live in Edo, as hostages, as part of the ''sankin kôtai'' "alternate attendance" system. Following the extension of ''sankin kôtai'' obligations to all ''daimyô'' in [[1635]], the ''daimyô'' practice of maintaining a mansion in Edo became much more common, and certain aspects of their layout, design, or locations in the city became somewhat standardized. After the [[1657]] [[Meireki Fire]] in particular, when the city was rebuilt, ''daimyô'' rebuilt multiple mansions in different parts of the city. A given ''daimyô's'' "upper mansion" might be located within the walls or moats (Marunouchi), below the Nishi-no-maru, or in neighborhoods such as Atagoshita or Sotosakurada; his "middle mansion" might be located just inside the outermost walls of [[Edo castle]]; and his "lower mansion" would be somewhere in the outskirts of the city.
Originally, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] provided mansions to the ''[[tozama daimyo|tozama daimyô]]'', in which their wives and children would live in Edo, as hostages, as part of the ''sankin kôtai'' "alternate attendance" system. Following the extension of ''sankin kôtai'' obligations to all ''daimyô'' in [[1635]], the ''daimyô'' practice of maintaining a mansion in Edo became much more common, and certain aspects of their layout, design, or locations in the city became somewhat standardized. After the [[1657]] [[Meireki Fire]] in particular, when the city was rebuilt, ''daimyô'' rebuilt multiple mansions in different parts of the city. A given ''daimyô's'' "upper mansion" might be located within the walls or moats (Marunouchi), below the Nishi-no-maru, or in neighborhoods such as Atagoshita or Sotosakurada; his "middle mansion" might be located just inside the outermost walls of [[Edo castle]]; and his "lower mansion" would be somewhere in the outskirts of the city.
A [[1690]] law required daimyô to organize and manage the defenses of their own Kyoto mansions.<ref>Plaques on-site at the former location of the Satsuma mansion in Kyoto.</ref>
The shogunate continued, in some cases, to allocate mansions to the ''daimyô'', but ''daimyô'' also often seized lands from peasants to build their mansions.
The shogunate continued, in some cases, to allocate mansions to the ''daimyô'', but ''daimyô'' also often seized lands from peasants to build their mansions.
*Plaques on-site at the former location of the Satsuma mansion in Kyoto.
*Plaques on-site at the former location of the Satsuma mansion in Kyoto.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8D%E5%B1%8B%E6%95%B7 Daimyô yashiki]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8D%E5%B1%8B%E6%95%B7 Daimyô yashiki]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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