Ninomaru Palace. Nijo-jo or Nijo castle. Kyoto. Japan.
Ninomaru Palace (1524-1626) built by Iemitsu, the third shogun Tokugawa. Nijo-jo or Nijo castle (built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 17th century), where took place the legitimation of Tokugawa shogunate (1603) and the Meiji Restoration (restoring the Emperor s power with the abolition of last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu in 1867). Example of the buke shoin zukuri of residential architecture and added to the Unesco's World Heritage List in 1994. Kyoto. Kinki (Kansai) Region. Japan. Date picture: October 2004.
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