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Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2010

nijo castle. a UNESCO world heritage site.

the construction of nijo castle was ordered by tokugawa ieyasu, the founder of the tokugawa shogunate. this world heritage site was built with the purpose of being the kyoto residence of the tokugawa shoguns, it was completed in 1626 and was in use by the shogunate until 1867. it was on this year when tokugawa yoshinobu returned authority to the imperial court, thus putting an end to the shogunate system. the imperial court took over control of nijo castle, but then donated it to the city of kyoto in 1939.

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