02 Japanese Culture

Mito 水戸

In Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tokugawa Nariaki, the feudal lord of the Edo period, founded the Kodokan as a place for samurais of the prefecture to study and practice martial arts. Nariaki also created Kairakuen garden as a place of relaxation for the samurais. It is said that samurais enjoyed shogi and igo while watching the scenery in this garden. Even after retiring from being the feudal lord, Nariaki played an important role as a central figure in the Sonno Joi movement, or the movement of driving out foreigners in order to prove their loyalty to the emperor in the late Edo period.

茨城県水戸市には、江戸時代に藩主であった徳川斉昭が、藩士の学問と武芸の修練の場として弘道館を創設しました。また、斉昭は、藩士の憩いの場として偕楽園を作りました。この庭では藩士たちが景色を眺めながら将棋や囲碁を楽しんだと伝えられています。斉昭は藩主を退いた後も、幕末の尊王攘夷運動の中心人物として活躍しました。

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