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West Bailey Long Gallery (Nishi no Maru Hyakuman Rōka), Himeji Castle

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December 1, 2024

Castles built during the Edo period (1603–1867) typically included at least one tamon
yagura—a long, well-fortified gallery of rooms with watchtowers at each end. Such
galleries served as defensive structures, living quarters, or warehouses, depending on
the needs of the time. If necessary, its rooms could be dismantled and rebuilt in a
different part of the castle.
Himeji Castle’s gallery is roughly 240 meters long. In the early seventeenth century,
when Honda Tadatoki (1596–1626) and Princess Sen (1597–1666) had their sumptuous
living quarters in the West Bailey, the north section and its connected towers were used
as apartments for female servants and the princess’s ladies-in-waiting.

mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/common/001561155.pdf

mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/en/R1-00684.html

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West Bailey Long Gallery (Nishi no Maru Hyakuman Rōka), Himeji Castle

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