Southwest tower. Nijo-jo or Nijo castle (built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 17th century) where took place the legitimation of Tokugawa shogunate (1603) and

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Southwest tower. 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 (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.

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Size: 3480px × 5200px
Location: Kyoto. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel Angel Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
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