Site Map

If you click on the headings on the map, you can view further information about the different places around the site.

• Main Gate

  

  This was restored in 1976 as a sangen-ikko yakuimon-style gate with copper roofing and 9m sodebei fencing. The original gate is said to have been of simple design with a shingle roof made with wood chippings.

• Heiju Gate

  

• Oaratamedokoro

  

  This building was known as the shoin (study) of the retreat and daimyo’s secondary residence exclusively for the feudal lords and family heads. This building is said to be where the lord gave lectures and oral examinations to students in the Yubikan.

• Fuzokuya

  

  This building was used as a waiting room for retainers and called the hiroma (reception room) of the retreat and daimyo’s secondary residence. The official name of this building is unknown.

• Tea Pavilion

  

  This tea pavilion called Shokaan is 4.5 tatami mats in size and has a single pyramid-shaped roof made with wooden shingles. The eaves of the roof are on the south-east side and a rim runs around the lower part of the roof. Tea ceremonies are held here in spring and autumn.

• Saien

  

  There are several buildings depicted standing on the site of the Saien gardens constructed in 1978 in an illustration painted by Kuninao, the 10th generation lord. These buildings are said to be schools buildings and buildings for instructors.

• Uchikawa River

  

  It is thought that this manmade canal was constructed to protect Iwadeyama Castle and to ensure irrigation water and water for daily life in the castle town when Masamune Date moved his castle here during the Oshu rearrangement of territories in 1591. The name Uchikawa (inside river) is said to have been given as it flowed on the inside of a wall called Ichinoko built near the castle. It was registered as a world irrigation heritage in 2016.

• Cherry blossoms of Reizei Residence

  

• Myojin Shrine

  

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  Saien

  There are several buildings depicted standing on the site of the Saien gardens constructed in 1978 in an illustration painted by Kuninao, the 10th generation lord. These buildings are said to be schools buildings and buildings for instructors.

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  Main Gate

  This was restored in 1976 as a sangen-ikko yakuimon-style gate with copper roofing and 9m sodebei fencing. The original gate is said to have been of simple design with a shingle roof made with wood chippings.

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  Fuzokuya

  This building was used as a waiting room for retainers and called the hiroma (reception room) of the retreat and daimyo’s secondary residence. The official name of this building is unknown.

• 

  Oaratamedokoro

  This building was known as the shoin (study) of the retreat and daimyo’s secondary residence exclusively for the feudal lords and family heads. This building is said to be where the lord gave lectures and oral examinations to students in the Yubikan.

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  Heiju Gate

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  Tea Pavilion

  This tea pavilion called Shokaan is 4.5 tatami mats in size and has a single pyramid-shaped roof made with wooden shingles. The eaves of the roof are on the south-east side and a rim runs around the lower part of the roof. Tea ceremonies are held here in spring and autumn.

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  Cherry blossoms of Reizei Residence

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  Myojin Shrine

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  Uchikawa River

  It is thought that this manmade canal was constructed to protect Iwadeyama Castle and to ensure irrigation water and water for daily life in the castle town when Masamune Date moved his castle here during the Oshu rearrangement of territories in 1591. The name Uchikawa (inside river) is said to have been given as it flowed on the inside of a wall called Ichinoko built near the castle. It was registered as a world irrigation heritage in 2016.