{"id":21964,"date":"2019-09-09T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=21964"},"modified":"2020-10-04T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T17:30:08","slug":"kochi-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/21964","title":{"rendered":"K\u014dchi Castle – \u014cte-mon, Bronze Statues, and Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

K\u014dchi Castle was built by Yamauchi Kazutoyo after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The castle was completed in 1611.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bronze statue of Yamauchi Kazutoyo on his horse stands outside the \u014dte-mon<\/em> (main gate), while a bronze statue of Itagaki Taisuke overlooks the interior of the \u014dte-mon<\/em>. A statue of Yamauchi Kazutoyo’s wife Chiyo with the horse she bought for her husband stands further inside the walls. Other monuments, including one for a doctor and another for someone’s wife are scattered throughout the grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bronze<\/a>
Bronze Statue of Yamauchi Kazutoyo<\/strong>
SOURCE: Bronze Statue of Yamauchi Kazutoyo (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Canal<\/a>
Canal Near \u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle<\/strong>
SOURCE: Canal Near \u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\u014cte-mon<\/a>
\u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle – 1
<\/strong>SOURCE: \u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle -1 (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\u014cte-mon<\/a>
\u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle – 2
<\/strong>SOURCE: \u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle – 2 (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\u014cte-mon<\/a>
\u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle – 3
<\/strong>SOURCE: \u014cte-mon of Kochi Castle – 3 (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Bronze<\/a>
Bronze Statue of Itagaki Taisuke Overlooking Kochi Castle \u014cte-mon
<\/strong>SOURCE: Bronze Statue of Itagaki Taisuke Overlooking Kochi Castle \u014cte-mon (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Bronze<\/a>
Bronze Statue of Chiyo, Wife of Yamauchi Kazutoyo (with her Husband’s Horse)
<\/strong>SOURCE: Bronze Statue of Chiyo, Wife of Yamauchi Kazutoyo (with her Husband’s Horse) (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Monument<\/a>
Monument to a Doctor
<\/strong>SOURCE: Monument to a Doctor (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Monument<\/a>
Monument to a Departed Wife
<\/strong>SOURCE: Monument to a Departed Wife (K\u014dchi, K\u014dchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 24 April 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K\u014dchi Castle was built by Yamauchi Kazutoyo after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The castle was completed in 1611. The bronze statue of Yamauchi Kazutoyo on his horse stands outside the \u014dte-mon (main gate), while a bronze statue of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[439],"class_list":["post-21964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-kochi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-5Ig","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21964"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22243,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21964\/revisions\/22243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}