Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Historical artifact)

Title:

Iwatsukijo narabini samurai yashiki jokamachi made soezu

Illustration of Iwatsuki Castle and the Surrounding Town of Samurai Residences

岩槻城并侍屋敷城下町迄総絵図

No. of features:

1 item

Designated:

March 27, 2013

Location:

In the custody of the Saitama City Museum (opens to new page)

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama City

Description:

   This early modern period illustration depicts a bird’s-eye-view of Iwatsuki Castle during the mid-1800s. It contains various details about the castle and its surrounding town.

The title, “Illustration of Iwatsuki Castle and the Surrounding Town of Samurai Residences,” is inscribed on the back of the image. The piece measures 288 cm tall by 272 cm wide.

This illustration serves as a fundamental historical document relating to the layout of Iwatsuki Castle and the surrounding castle town, as well as to the process of creating a map of the Iwatsuki Domain’s fortress.

The work’s style and labeled sections give it further significance as a historical document from the early modern period.

Associated Texts:

(1985). Appendix from ”A Complete History Of Iwatsuki City”. Iwatsuki City.

“Survey Report on Saitama City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 12).

Please be courteous towards other visitors and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. Please contact the museum for inquiries on when this property is available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/009/003/p022744.html