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Osaka Castle

Rokuban Yagura (No.6 Watchtower) is on the right, and Sanban Yagura (No.3 Watchtower) is visible behind the bridge. Originally, there were seven watchtowers. However, they were destroyed during World War II air raids in 1945, and only number one and six remain today. Probably taken at the end of the Meiji Period.==Date:1904, Place:Osaka, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐19‐0]

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A merchant family in Yokohama

This same photograph was carried in the March 1, 1872 issue of The Far East under the caption, Geishu Yashiki (Geishu Residence). This was a house of the Aki Clan (present-day western Hiroshima) in the Japanese quarter of Yokohama. Another caption called this a typical Japanese house owned by a merchant who once served Matsudaira Akinokami. These yagura-yashiki (tower-like houses) also existed in the Nihonbashi area during the Edo Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐47‐0]

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Osaka Castle

Rokuban Yagura and Sanban Yagura (No.6 and No.3 watchtowers) on the southern outer moat of Osaka Castle. The castle was studded with watchtowers, such as Inui Yagura, Fushimi Yagura and the No.1 through No.7 corner watchtowers. However, only No. 6 and No. 1 exist today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:1872, Place:Osaka, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐44‐0]

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The Fujimi Watchtower and the moat,the Imperial Palace

Today, the first thing to greet the eyes of people heading to the Imperial Palace from Tokyo Station is the two-story watchtower. The one on the right is named Sakurada Tatsumi Yagura. The gate in the centre is Kikyo-mon. The three-story watchtower on the left is Fujimi Sanju Yagura. The moat is Kikyo-bori. The last vestiges of Edo Castle remain here, and this spot is used frequently on TV history programs. The buildings were destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and rebuilt around 1927. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐2‐0]

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Osaka Castle

View from the south side of Osaka Castle. The building on the left is Rokuban Yagura (No.6 watchtower), while those on the right are the No.3 and No.2 watchtowers. The building to the right of the watchtower is the barracks of the No.4 military platoon. Taken around 1888.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐10‐0]

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Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

The gate on the left, called Nishinomaru Ote-mon during the Edo Period, became the main gate of the Imperial Palace in 1889 after the construction of the new palace the previous year. The first gate, Korai-mon, in front of the main gate was later removed and only the Watari Yagura-mon exists today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐17‐0]

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Osaka Castle

Rokuban Yagura and Sanban Yagura (No.6 and No.3 watchtowers) on the southern outer moat of Osaka Castle. The castle was studded with watchtowers, such as Inui Yagura, Fushimi Yagura and the No.1 through No.7 corner watchtowers. However, only No. 6 and No. 1 exist today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐14‐0]

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Osaka Castle

The building on the left is Fushimi Yagura (watchtower) at the Kyobashi entrance to Osaka Castle. It is a three-story structure, unlike most of the other watchtowers which have only two stories. The building on the right is the uniquely L-shaped Inui Yagura. Fushimi Yagura was destroyed by fire, but Inui Yagura still exists today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐12‐0]

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Niju-bashi Bridge,the Imperial Palace

Ote Bridge of Nishinomaru (foreground) was replaced with an arched stone bridge in 1887. Although it is hidden behind the stone bridge, Nishinomaru Shimojo-bashi was replaced with an iron bridge in October 1888 at the time of the construction of new palace buildings. Ornamental lamps were installed for the first time here. (One of these is preserved at the Meiji Village theme park). The present-day Nishinomaru Shimojo-bashi Bridge was rebuilt in a similar design in 1964. The watchtower on the right was transferred from Fushimi Castle in Kyoto and re-named Fushimi Yagura. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐41‐0]

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Osaka Castle

Rokuban Yagura and Sanban Yagura (No.6 and No.3 watchtowers) on the southern outer moat of Osaka Castle. The castle was studded with watchtowers, such as Inui Yagura, Fushimi Yagura and the No.1 through No.7 corner watchtowers. However, only No. 6 and No. 1 exist today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:1872, Place:Osaka, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐35‐0]

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Shintomi-za Theatre

In October 1872, the Morita-za Theatre moved from Asakusa Saruwaka-machi to Shintomi-cho, site of the former Shin (New) Shimabara pleasure quarter. The theatre was later renamed Shintomi-za. Unfortunately it burned down in 1876. The building in this photograph is the new theatre built in June 1878. A modern theatre without a yagura tower or hanging signboards, it had gas lighting inside for the first time in Japan. Taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1878-1888).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐32‐0]

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Osaka Castle

Rokuban Yagura and Sanban Yagura (No.6 and No.3 watchtowers) on the southern outer moat of Osaka Castle. The castle was studded with watchtowers, such as Inui Yagura, Fushimi Yagura and the No.1 through No.7 corner watchtowers. However, only No. 6 and No. 1 exist today. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:1872, Place:Osaka, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐123‐0]

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Akashi castle

Akashi Castle was built by Ogasawara Tadamasa in 1619, and the Matsudaira family became lords of the castle afterwards. The existing Hitsuji Saru Yagura and Tatsumiyagura show what it was like then.==Date:unknown, Place:Akashi, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐7‐0]

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The Imperial Palace

To the left is seen the three-tier turret of Fujimi Yagura, the only one remaining in the castle tower. After the castle tower burned down in the fire of 1657, this turret was used as the castle tower.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐25‐0]

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The Yomeimon Gate,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The Yomei gate and the corridor seen from the Honchido. The corridor surrounds the temple on three sides, and the outer wall of the corridors have flowers, birds and waterfowls carved on the panels near the ceiling. In front are many lanterns, and a drum tower in yagura style stands nearby.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐7‐0]

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Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Lights on a stonebridge (foreground) and the "fushimi yagura" turret at Tokyo's Imperial Palace are switched on for a test-run on Dec. 20, 2017, ahead of winter illuminations that will run from Dec. 23, Emperor Akihito's birthday, to Jan. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo