Japan's Modern Castles Episode Three: Hiroshima Castle (広島城)
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2020
- A virtual tour of Hiroshima Castle, examining the modern history of the site from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present day. This video investigates the role of Hiroshima Castle as a military site, including the controversies over this heritage after 1945. We look at a range of historical artifacts that remain in and around Hiroshima Castle as witnesses to its modern past, including the concrete castle keep that was reconstructed in 1958.
For more information on the modern history of Japan's castles, see the book by Oleg Benesch and Ran Zwigenberg, Japan's Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2019), or www.olegbenesch.com/
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Fascinating! I had no idea about Hiroshima's role as the "command centre" for the First Sino and Russo-Japanese wars, or of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall's connection to the Manchurian Incident. Good effort by those moat divers as well...whoa.
Thanks! It's a fascinating place, and much of the history is understandably controversial. I'd also recommend Ran Zwigenberg's open-access article "Hiroshima Castle and the Long Shadow of Militarism in Postwar Japan" from 2019: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26652981.pdf
Hello! Im a big fan of Japanese Castles. Im actually planning to go to Edo-jo ruins.
Also. Could you do Inuyama Castle? Aka the oldest Japanese Castle.
Fantastic virtual tour of Hiroshima castle and history - I'll definitely add some of these insights on my next walking tour with visitors. The only change since this video was made is unfortunately the public Chuo-koen central park built for the Hiroshima people has been destroyed to make way for the private San Frecce soccer stadium. I'd love to hear any history you know about the A-bombed desio army clothing barracks too as they are now being considered for preservation or destruction. Would love to talk about these insights from your research and book on my Seek Sustainable Japan talkshow and podcast sometime
Thanks for the note - I really enjoy your work! That's really too bad about the park, and I hope they can minimize the loss of public space. I'm aware of the situation with the clothing barracks, although I have more detailed knowledge of similar structures elsewhere, such as Osaka, Kanazawa, Himeji, or Tokyo, and would be happy to have a chat sometime. For Hiroshima, my colleague Ran Zwigenberg might be a good person to talk to, and I know he's taken an interest in those clothing barracks. I'm happy to put you in touch!
@@japansmoderncastles5810 thanks so much! I would love to talk with Ran about the clothing barracks and you about Japan castles - loved your fun episode with the Japan by River Cruise buoys :) I'll DM you on twitter- thanks!
I'm more interested in building architecture and general layout of these castles, but cannot find any good resources on how japanese castles were built presumably because they're all in Japanese. Might you know of any accessable resources on this topic?
There is quite a bit of scholarship on the early history Japanese castles in English. There are several very good books and freely accessible websites. There is a bibliography at the end of the Wikipedia page on Japanese castles that would be a good place to start: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_castle