Castles in Japan

Tourist Library 9

Castles in Japan
by Prof. N. Ōrui, D. Litt. and Prof. M. Toba (大類伸・鳥羽正雄)

Tourist Library 9
Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1935

TOURIST LIBRARY

Volumes already published

1. TEA CULT OF JAPAN By Y. Fukukita, A. B.
2. JAPANESE NOH PLAYS By Prof. T. Nogami
3. SAKURA (Japanese Cherry) By M. Miyoshi, D. Sc.
4. JAPANESE GARDENS By Prof. M. Tatsui
5. HIROSHIGE AND JAPANESE LANDSCAPES By Yone Noguchi
6. JAPANESE DRAMA By B. T. I.
7. JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE By Prof. H. Kishida, D. Sc.
8. WHAT IS SHINTŌ? By G. Katō, D. Litt.
9. CASTLES IN JAPAN By Prof. N. Ōrui, D. Litt.
and Prof. M. Toba

Volumes in preparation

JAPAN, LAND OF HOT SPRINGS By Prof. K. Fujinami, M. D.
CHILDREN’S DAYS IN JAPAN By T. Iwadō, M. A.
FLORAL ART OF JAPAN By Issōtei Nishikawa
KIMONO (Japanese Dress) By Kenichi Kawakatsu

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Color painted scene seen from above, of a walled compound with a tall white tower of many stacked roofs at the upper center, white-walled corner towers and gates, and several red-roofed buildings, with a green peak with a white top and low blue hills behind. A broad band of dark blue water runs across the middle, crossed by a short red-railed bridge, with rows of seated figures in colored robes and standing attendants on the bank before it. In the lower part a wooden bridge on posts crosses blue water with small boats under it, among crowded roofs and many small figures in the street. A small red seal sits at the lower right corner. — OPENING CEREMONY OF EDO CASTLE
*By. T. Ichihara*

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CASTLES IN JAPAN

Prof. N. ŌRUI, D. Litt
and
Prof. M. TOBA

BOARD OF TOURIST INDUSTRY
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS

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EDITORIAL NOTE

It is a common desire among tourists to learn something of the culture of the countries they visit as well as to see their beautiful scenery. To see is naturally easier than to learn, but flying visits merely for sightseeing hardly furnish the time or opportunity for more than a casual glimpse of the culture of any foreign people. This is specially true of Japan.

The Board of Tourist Industry recognizes the difficulty of attaining this high purpose, viz. to provide foreign tourists with accurate information regarding the various phases of Japan’s characteristic culture. It is endeavouring therefore to meet this obligation, as far as possible, by publishing this series of brochures.

The present series will, when completed, consist of more than a hundred volumes, each dealing with a different subject, but all co-ordinated. By reading therefore the entire series the foreign student of Japan may gain an adequate knowledge of the culture that has developed in this country through the ages.

For those who wish to follow up these studies with a closer investigation, bibliographies are appended, which we trust may be found reliable and authoritative guides in their study.

Board of Tourist Industry,
Japanese Government Railways

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CONTENTS

Page

I. General Historical Outline of Japanese Castles ........................................ 9

II. Variety and Construction of Castles ... 38

III. Attractive Appearances of Castles...... 60

Principal Extant Castles in Japan ......... 75