Okazaki Castle

Okazaki Castle

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows Okazaki Castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

Okazaki Castle

Okazaki Castle

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows Okazaki Castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

Okazaki Castle

Okazaki Castle

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows Okazaki Castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

Okazaki Castle

Okazaki Castle

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows Okazaki Castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan.

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 39

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 39

39 Okazaki - A daimyo's cort觥 crossing the bridge over the Yahagi River towards the village and castle on the further bank; in the background a blue hill, printed from colour blocks only. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, was born in the castle shown in the prints. The bridge over the Yahagi River, flowing west of the castle, was the largest on the entire highway. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

A bronze statue

A bronze statue

This is the statue of Ii Naosuke in ceremonial dress. Ii signed the five amity and commerce treaties with the U.S.A. and other countries in 1858 but was later assassinated in Tokyo. The copper statue was made by Fujita Bunzo and Okazaki Sessei and placed at Shokonsha in Hikone in 1910. The original statue shown in this photograph was donated to the country for scrap metal during World War II. It was rebuilt in Ninomaru Park at Hikone Castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Hikone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐151‐0]