Nijo-jo Castle

■ Karamon Gate An important cultural property building located in Nijo-jo Castle. The main gate of Ninomaru Palace. It is a four-legged gate with a karagafu before and after the roof, and it is the most prestigious gate. All the top of the cap trees are filled with sculptures, and in addition to spirit beasts such as dragons and tigers, motifs that symbolize longevity and good luck such as cranes, turtles, and Shochikubai are engraved. ■ Ninomaru Palace It is a national treasure building in the early Edo period in Nijo-jo Castle. It consists of a total of six buildings, and is an important archeological site in the history of Japanese architecture as a representative example of Shoin-zukuri. The interior is gorgeously decorated with barrier paintings by the Kano school, the largest painting school in the history of modern painting, and a variety of ranma sculptures and ornamental tools. ■ Ninomaru Garden The Ninomaru Garden was renovated in 1626 under Enshu Kobori, a sakujibugyo (a magistrate's sculptor) for Emperor Gomizuno's visit. The stone structure of the garden has been devised so that it can be viewed from three directions, and it is one of the most outstanding works of the existing castle gardens. ■ Ninomaru Goten Goseidokoro An important cultural property building in the early Edo period in Nijo-jo Castle. Following the south of the kitchen, during the Edo period, it was called a culinary room. There are hearths and smoke drains, and there are wells on the south side. Non-public ■ Ninomaru Tozo (Yonezo) An important cultural property of the Edo period, located in Nijo-jo Castle. There are three storehouses in the castle. Only Nijo-jo Castle remains in castles throughout the country. Internal disclosure ■ Honmaru Goten Goten Goten Located on the north side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it is the main part of the palace of the Katsuranomiya family in the late Edo period, and is an important cultural property that was relocated in the Meiji period. Of the Honmaru Goten, which consists of four buildings: the entrance, Goshoin, Gojo Goten, kitchen and Gannoma, only the Gojo Goten, which was the living room, is partially two-story, and there is a mezzanine floor, so it looks like a three-story building. ■ Honmaru Goten Kitchen and Gannoma Like the Honmaru Goten Goten Goten, it was originally the main part of the palace of the Katsuranomiya family in the late Edo period, located on the north side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and was relocated in the Meiji period. It is located in the northeast of the buildings in the Honmaru area. There is smoke in the kitchen, and the floor is flat. The picture is Gannoma. ■ Honmaru-yagura-mon gate An important cultural property of the Kanei era, located in Nijo-jo Castle. Of the buildings in the Honmaru built by Iemitsu Tokugawa in 1626 (1626), the only tower gate that was burned down in the Great Fire of the Tenmei era in 1788 (1788).