The Origin and Evolution of Osaka Castle in Japan

The origin of Osaka Castle in Japan: 16 15. The original Osaka Castle and Toyotomi family were destroyed by the war, and only after Tokugawa Ieyasu was added did they become what they are today. 1997 Osaka Castle has been planned as a park. As a place for citizens to relax, Osaka Castle is one of the three famous cities in Japan, and the beautiful and spectacular Tianshou Pavilion was rebuilt in the sixth year of Showa.

The evolution of Osaka Castle in Japan:

1928 (the third year of Showa), Osaka Mayor Guan Yi proposed to rebuild Osaka Castle, and raised a donation of 1.5 million yuan from the citizens within half a year.

1930 (5 years of Showa), Tianshou started construction, rebuilt with reinforced concrete, and completed the following year. Tianshou, who was resurrected this time, did not faithfully copy the Toyotomi era or the Tokugawa era. Basically, it was based on the white paint style of the Tokugawa era, but the top layer reproduced the black paint and gold paint style of the Toyotomi era.

193 1 year (the 6th year of Showa), "Tianshou Pavilion in Osaka City" landed on tangible cultural property.

1933 (Showa 8 years), Jizhou Palace was renamed Tianlin Pavilion.

1942 (Showa 17), Osaka Castle was closed to ordinary people to prevent spies.

After Japan's defeat, Osaka Castle was accepted by the US military.

1947 (twenty-two years of Showa), the US military accidentally caused a fire and lost the Jizhou Palace.

During the period of 1948 (twenty-third year of Showa), the acceptance and management of American troops ended, and Osaka Castle entered the restoration research period.

1950 (twenty-five years of Showa), formal restoration and academic investigation began. Osaka Castle was further damaged in the typhoon that year.

1953 (in the 28th year of Showa) was recognized as a special historic site.

1959 (Showa 34), the remains of the Toyotomi era were discovered.

April 6th, 2006 (Heisei 18) was selected as a famous city in Japan 100.

Extended data:

Osaka Castle, also known as "Golden City" or "Golden City", is the most famous tourist attraction and symbol in Osaka. It is located in Osaka Castle Park in the center of Osaka, and ranks as one of the three famous cities in Japanese history along with Nagoya City and kumamoto castle. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the Japanese archipelago, Osaka Castle was built in 1583 to show its power. After several times of destruction, it is now rebuilt in 193 1.

The whole Osaka Castle is divided into inner city, middle city and outer city (that is, the pill of this pill, the pill of two pills and the pill of three pills). Magnificent city gates, tall and steep city walls, and two wide moats inside and outside are spectacular, which is incomparable to any other ancient Japanese city. Especially the moat 12km long wall, which is piled up by a large number of huge stones, is extremely majestic and impregnable for Osaka Castle.

Tianshou Pavilion in the center is the core building of Osaka Castle, with white walls and green tiles, and the end of each cornice is decorated with the gold of gold foil-shaped tiger and dragon head fish. ? The shape can be described as magnificent. The top floor (the eighth floor) is an observation deck about 50 meters above the ground, overlooking Osaka Castle and Osaka Street View. Other floors can enjoy rich exhibits about Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Osaka.

There is an interesting thing about the south of Tianshouge 100 meters. These are two "time capsules" buried here during the Osaka World Expo in 1970. Capsule? Expo? 70), which contains the iconic works of modern civilization in the 20th century, is scheduled to open in 5000 years.

In the south of Osaka Castle, there is a fertile uterus built in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in the west, there is Maruko Garden, and in the east, there is the largest Meilin in Osaka. The Dashumen, Qianguan and other 13 buildings in the city have also been designated as important national protected cultural relics by Japan.

In addition, Osaka Castle Park also planted 65,438+0,250 plum trees and 4,500 cherry trees. You can enjoy plum blossoms from mid-February to early March, and cherry blossoms from late March to mid-April. 65438+1mid-October-165438+1mid-October, there is also a grand "Osaka Chrysanthemum Festival". There are also public facilities such as outdoor concert hall, gymnasium, bowling alley and baseball field in the park.

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