Ōzone Oshitayashiki
The Ōzone ''Oshitayashiki'' (大曽根 御下屋敷), sometimes also read as ''Shimoyashiki'' (下屋敷), is a former residence of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan, located in Ōzone in Higashi ward in Nagoya, central Japan. History In the early Edo period (1603-1867), Tokugawa Mitsutomo (1625-1700), head of the Owari Tokugawa clan and lord of the Owari Domain, established a vast residence in the Ōzone neighbourhood as a retreat from the main residence at Nagoya Castle. During the Edo period, a ''Shimoyashiki'' (下屋敷) was a smaller residence or retreat of a lord, as opposed to his "upper" or main residence, called ''Kamiyashiki'' (上屋敷). The size of the original residence was about 130,000 ''tsubo'' (坪; about ). After Lord Mitsutomo died, the grounds of the residence were divided and held by three senior vassal families of the Owari Tokugawa: the Naruse, the Ishiko, and the Watanabe families. After the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Owari Tokugawa reacquire ...
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