Difference between revisions of "Iso Palace"

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-*''Japanese'': 磯御殿 ''(Iso goten)''
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-The Iso Palace was a [[Shimazu clan]] villa in [[Kagoshima]], which today stands as part of the [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] complex.
-Originally constructed as a secondary villa (''bettei''), it was used for the personal leisure of the ''daimyô'', and for entertaining guests, including officials from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], the Iso Palace became the chief Kagoshima residence of the Shimazu. Most of the compound was renovated in [[1884]], and about a third of it survives today.
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-==References==
-*Pamphlet available at Shôkoshûseikan.
-[[Category:Edo Period]]
-[[Category:Meiji Period]]
-[[Category:Historic Buildings]]