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The [[Shimazu clan]] lords of [[Satsuma han]] maintained five [[daimyo yashiki|mansions]] in [[Edo]]. These were homes for the lords' wives, heirs, other family members, and numerous retainers, as well as housing the lord himself roughly half of the time, whenever he was in attendance in Edo in accordance with his ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations. To maintain five mansions in the city was exceptional; most smaller domains maintained only one or two.
==Shiba Mansion==
*''Japanese'': 薩摩藩上屋敷 ''(Satsuma han kami yashiki)''
*''Other Names'': 芝邸 ''(Shiba tei)''
The domain's ''kami yashiki'', or "upper mansion," was located in Shiba 3-chôme, on a site now home to the Celestine Hotel, just south of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]] and Shiba Park. Previously the ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion"), the Shiba mansion became the ''kami-yashiki'' at some point, with the Sakurada mansion being lowered from ''kami-yashiki'' to ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion").<ref>Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 103.</ref>
[[Ryukyuan missions to Edo]] were generally lodged at the Shiba mansion during their time in the city. When processing up to [[Edo castle]] for formal audiences with the shogun, they typically departed the Shiba mansion before dawn, and made their way to the Sakurada mansion before continuing to the castle.<ref>Gallery labels, "The Kingdom Under the Overlordship of the Satsuma Domain," Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Naha.</ref> Both the Shiba and Sakurada mansions saw numerous performances of Ryukyuan music and dance during the missions' time in the city, which usually lasted around one month.<ref>''Edo nobori – Ryūkyū shisetsu no Edo sanpu'' 江戸上り～琉球使節の江戸参府, Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (2001), 57.</ref>
[[Atsuhime]] lived at the Shiba ''kami-yashiki'' for over a year, beginning in [[1853]]/10. The mansion was severely damaged in the [[Ansei Earthquake]] of [[1855]]/10.
==Sakurada Mansion==
*''Japanese'': 薩摩藩中屋敷 ''(Satsuma han naka yashiki'')
*''Other Names'': 桜田邸 ''(Sakurada tei)'', 装束屋敷 ''(shouzoku yashiki)''
The domain's Sakurada ''naka-yashiki'' ("middle mansion") was located in Uchi-saiwai-chô 1-chôme, just east of [[Hibiya Park]]. The site is today the location of the Yamato Seimei Building. Previously the ''kami-yashiki'', it was at some point changed to the ''naka-yashiki'', with the Shiba mansion becoming the ''kami-yashiki''.
The Sakurada mansion was also known as the ''shôzoku yashiki'' (lit. "costume mansion"), as it was there that the members of Ryukyuan missions changed costume on their way to and from formal audiences at [[Edo castle]].
==Takanawa Mansion==
*''Japanese'': 薩摩藩下屋敷高輪別邸 ''(Satsuma han shimo yashiki Takanawa bettei)''
The domain's Takanawa ''shimo-yashiki'' ("lower mansion") was located in Takanawa 3-chôme. Today, the site, just in front of the JR Shinagawa Station, is the location of the Hotel Pacific Meridian Tokyo.
At some point after his [[1787]] retirement, [[Shimazu Shigehide]] made the Takanawa mansion his chief residence in Edo. It was there on [[1832]]/int.11/26 that celebrations were held, in honor of his 88th birthday; the celebrations continued the following day at his grandson [[Shimazu Narioki|Shimazu Narioki's]] mansion in Shirogane.<ref>This would appear to be yet another Satsuma mansion in the city, beyond those listed here.</ref> Ryukyuan envoys were in attendance on both days, and particularly excellent Ryukyuan musicians and dancers were dispatched from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] to join the embassy to Edo that year, specifically for the purpose of performing at these birthday celebrations.<ref>Miyagi, 159.</ref>
==Shibuya Mansion==
*''Japanese'': 薩摩藩下屋敷渋谷別邸 ''(Satsuma han shimo yashiki Shibuya bettei)''
The domain's Shibuya ''shimo-yashiki'' was located within the ''yamanote'' area of the city, in what is today Shibuya-ku Higashi 1-chôme, the site of the Shibuya Folk and Literary Shirane Memorial Museum.<ref>白根記念渋谷区郷土博物館</ref>
The Shibuya mansion suffered no severe damage in the 1855 Ansei Earthquake, and so the ladies associated with the domain, including Atsuhime, relocated from the destroyed Shiba mansion to the Shibuya mansion at that time. It was from this mansion that Atsuhime made her formal wedding procession to Edo castle in [[1856]]/11, to be married to [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iesada]] the following month.
==Satsuma han Kurayashiki==
*''Japanese'': 薩摩藩蔵屋敷 ''(Satsuma han kurayashiki)''
The domain's ''kura yashiki'', or storehouse, was located in Shiba 5-chôme. The site is today the location of the Daiichi Tamachi Building.
This mansion was the site of a significant meeting between [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], at which Katsu presented the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogunate's]] formal capitulation to Saigô, thus halting Saigô's plans to take Edo castle by force. A monument to Saigô's and Katsu's success in making the fall of Edo relatively bloodless stands today on the site.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Museum of the Meiji Restoration, Kagoshima.
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