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*''Japanese'': 加賀江戸藩邸 ''(Kaga Edo hantei)''

*''Japanese'': 加賀江戸藩邸 ''(Kaga Edo hantei)''

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]].

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-->, was designated an [[Important Cultural Property]] in August 1950.<ref name=plaques>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.

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 grounds of the ''kami-yashiki'' also included Ikutoku-en, regarded as one of the most beautiful gardens in Edo.<ref name=pond>Plaque at Sanshiro Pond, University of Tokyo.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15986158901/sizes/l]</ref> The garden, given to the Maeda by the shogunate following the successful [[siege of Osaka]] in [[1615]], was built up considerably under [[Maeda Toshitsune]], and later by [[Maeda Tsunanori]]. It features a pond, originally constructed in [[1638]], cut in the shape of the [[kanji]] for ''kokoro'' (心, "heart"); the pond was later made famous as "Sanshiro Pond" by novelist [[Natsume Soseki]].<ref name=pond/>

 

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> Between the three mansions, the Maeda employed some 1,000 servants and attendants in total.<ref>Rebecca Corbett, ''Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 120.</ref>

 

The Akamon was relocated some fifteen meters to its current location in [[1903]], in conjunction with the construction of a medical school. It is the only surviving red-painted gate of its type, the others having all been lost in fires, earthquakes, or otherwise. The roof tiles include ones bearing the ''[[kamon]]'' crests of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] and [[Maeda clan]]s, and ones displaying the [[kanji]] character 「学」(''gaku'') as in ''daigaku'', meaning "university."<ref name=plaques/>

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