Nagoya Castle's Honmaru Goten Palace Pt. 2

The Finest Samurai Styled Shoin Zukuri Architecture

Of all the castles across Japan, Nagoya Castle has the largest collection of remaining historical records, allowing for the most authentic reconstruction. Besides original Edo period plans for the keep and Honmaru Palace, the 14th and final lord of Nagoya, Tokugawa Yoshikatsu was a camera buff and having one of the early types of camera, practiced perfecting his art within the grounds of Nagoya Castle, documenting all aspects of the palace, keep, watchtowers and gates. took many internal and external photographs of the castle, palace, and surrounds. Over 100 highly detailed modern-day architectural survey and measurement drawings were made and more photographs taken when the castle and palace became National Treasures.