Edo Castle (jpn)

Edo Castle

Edo Castle ranks 15,412th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kodiak Island, Drumcondra, Dublin, and Fleury-sur-Orne. The most famous people from Edo Castle are Tokugawa Ieyoshi. The most famous people who died in Edo Castle are Tokugawa Iemitsu, and Tokugawa Ietsuna. Edo Castle has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians. Edo Castle is located in Japan.

Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as Chiyoda Castle . Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate there, and it was the residence of the shōgun and the headquarters of the military government during the Edo period (1603–1867) in Japanese history. After the resignation of the shōgun and the Meiji Restoration, it became the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Some moats, walls and ramparts of the castle survive to this day. However, the grounds were more extensive during the Edo period, with Tokyo Station and the Marunouchi section of the city lying within the outermost moat. It also encompassed Kitanomaru Park, the Nippon Budokan Hall and other current landmarks of the surrounding area. Read more on Wikipedia