World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBA minimum weight challenger Keitaro Hoshino (on screen) Sept. 30 over a TV telephone in Osaka before their world title doubleheader at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20. Tokuyama will fight a bout against challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines, while Hoshino will take on champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela.

World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBA minimum weight challenger Keitaro Hoshino (on screen) Sept. 30 over a TV telephone in Osaka before their world title doubleheader at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20. Tokuyama will fight a bout against challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines, while Hoshino will take on champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela. (Kyodo)

The turret of osakajo castle

The turret of osakajo castle

A picture of the outer moat of Osaka Castle from near the Ote Gate. The fore is the sixth turret and the rear is the third turret (destroyed later in the war). See picture no. 2-9 (first collection).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number23‐5‐0]

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

The inner moat and sixth turret facing the outer moat of Osaka castle. The present remains of Osaka castle including the motif of this photo are all from the Edo period, nothing remains from the days of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐34‐0]

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

The inner castle walls and sixth turret facing the outer moat of Osaka Castle, seen from the direction of the present Kamimachi Suji (southwest corner of the outer moat). The new technique used to build the slope in the high stone walls by standardizing the stones is a feature of castle construction which started in the middle of the Edo Period.==Date:1872, Place:Osaka, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐50‐0]

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

The turret protecting the northwest corner of Nishino Maru at Osaka Castle. It is shaped in the form of the letter L, and has two stories, a rare structure. It is one of the oldest buildings within Osaka Castle together with the Sennuki Turret (construction began in 1620).==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐49‐0]

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

A photo of the inner castle walls and sixth turret of Osaka Castle facing the outer moat, from the direction of the present Kamimachisuji (southwest of the outer moat). The sixth turret is famous for its beautiful contrast with the high stone walls. In the rear of the sixth turret is the Shudokan and Toyokuni Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐9‐0]