Edo Castle

At times, Edo Castle had a Donjon in the style typical of Castles Of Japan . However, Earthquake s and Fire s took their toll, and throughout most of the Edo period (and since), it had no such structure. Despite this, Jidaigeki (such as Abarembo Shogun ) set in Edo usually depict Edo Castle as having a donjon, and substitute Himeji Castle for that purpose. On April 21, 1701, in Matsu No Ōrōka (the Great Pine Corridor) of Edo Castle, Asano Takumi-no-kami drew his Short Sword and attempted to kill Kira Kozuke-no-suke for terribly insulting him. This triggered the events of the Forty-seven Ronin . Many place names in Tokyo derive from Edo Castle. Otemachi ("the town in front of the great gate"), Takebashi ("the Bamboo Bridge"), Toranomon ("the Tiger Gate"), Uchibori Dōri ("Inner Moat Street"), Sotobori Dōri ("Outer Moat Street"), and Marunouchi ("Within the enclosure") are examples. Edo castle was renamed ''Tokyo-jō'' (東京城, "Tokyo castle") in October, 1868, then ''Kōjō'' (皇城, "Imperial castle") in 1869, and ''Kyūjō'' (宮城, "Palace castle ") in 1888. Finally, it became the '' Kōkyo '' (皇居, "Imperial Palace", literally "Imperial Residence") in 1948.
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Edo Castle