The castle was burned by airstrike in 1945; the castle tower was rebuilt in 1959 and the palace was done in 2018. The color of the interior is whitish not brown because it’s new. I impressively imaged the castles in the internal war time (16th century) which would also be whitish.
We cannot find any fun things for ordinary
people. However, people in the Edo period (1603～1868) were proud of their castle where
their lord was. There were around three hundreds of han
(local autonomous government) and many of them had its own castle. Nagoya castle
was one of the largest one at that time and I’m sure it met the expectation
of the people in the territory. Btw we cannot enter the castle tower because
the earthquake-resistance strength isn’t enough.
Castle tower (closed)
Carriage porch of the palace、本丸御殿の車寄せ
国宝だった名古屋城は、1945年の空襲で焼失しました。でも、1959年に天守閣は再建され、御殿も2018年に再建されました。御殿の白木を拝見すると、次々と城が燃えた戦国期にはこんな豪華な建物が次々と新築されたのか思うと驚愕です。ここには、庶民の楽しみはありませんが、江戸時代には三百の藩があり、それぞれの城は領民の誇りでした。さすが、名古屋、領民の期待に十二分に応えられる御殿でした。なお、天守閣は耐震強度不足で入館できません。
There are two rooms in the entrance hall (Genkan). Tigers and leopard on the wall glared guests who sat down on the tatami floor, and threatened them. It is typical design of an entrance of a samurai’s palace.
玄関には二間あり、来客を睨みつける虎と豹が描かれています。俺は怖いぞ、というお約束の意匠です。
We proceed from the entrance hall to the main hall.
玄関から書院へと進みます。
There are three rooms in the main hall (Omote Shoin). The lord met a guest.
表書院は、藩主の謁見の間です。三部屋もあります。
The lord sat down in the innermost room and met the guest.
藩主は、奥の上段の間（15畳）にお出ましになります。
Behind the main hall, there is a reception hall (Taimenjo) in which the lord talked with vassals or had a party. There are four rooms. Peaceful sceneries were drawn on those walls unlike the entrance hall where the tigers in the pictures threatened guests. The hallway was protected by sheets.
更に奥には対面所。家臣との対面や宴席に用いられたそうです。四部屋あり、障子には、来客者を威嚇する玄関と違って、穏やかな風景が描かれています。廊下はブルーシートで保護されています。
The area behind the reception hall is the hall for the shogun visitations. It was built when the 3rd shogun Iemitsu stayed on the way to Kyoto in which he met the emperor. There are six rooms and it says “The interior is the height of luxury.” The lord was the relative of the shogun, but was in awe of him.
さらに奥には、家光の上洛に合わせて増設された上洛殿があります。六部屋です。「贅の限りを尽くしていました」と書かれています。家光を恐れたのですねえ。
View of the raised room (shogun’s room) from the primary room、一之間から見た上段の間
At the innermost of the palace building, there is a bathing room only for the shogun. It was a pity that I couldn’t visit because of COVID-19. I attach the photo of the brochure. It’s the best bathroom back then.
一番奥には、将軍専用の湯殿（サウナ）があるのですが、コロナ対策ということで行けず。いただいたリーフレットの写真です。お風呂の最高峰ですね。
The serving preparation room (Kami-gozensho) was used for warming up foods for the shogun. BUT, the hall for the shogun visitations was used only few times (it might be once).
上御膳所、上洛殿のバックヤードで食べ物を温めたりします。だけど、上洛殿はほとんど使われることがなかったのですよね。
The serving preparation room (Shimo-gozensho) in the reception area of the lord would be used. There is an exhaust port at the ceiling (lower left).
下御膳所は対面所のバックヤード。天井には排気口があります（左下）。
Nagoya castle before destruction by fire of the air strike at the end of WW2; It’s a pity that we lost longstanding buildings designated as the national treasures.
空襲で焼失前の名古屋城、もったいなかった！
The photo above is a floorplan which is printed on the brochure. I’m sorry that it’s a small map.
リーフレットのレイアウト図です。小さくてすみません。
Visited in
January, 2022
Official
website:
https://www.nagoyajo.city.nagoya.jp/en/
https://www.nagoyajo.city.nagoya.jp/
(in Japanese)
accessed
in May, 2022
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