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資料解説
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2013文化財ウィーク（24）「江戸城天守閣は明暦の大火（1657）で焼失した後、天守台が加賀の前田家によって修築され、翌明暦４年(1658)にはすでに工事を終了しています。しかし、万治２年(1659)、将軍補佐役の保科正之が「展望の間にすぎぬ天守に財貨と労力を費やすのは無駄」と主張し、天守不再建の決定がなされました。この図は幕末、天守台を縮小するための工事の図面です。(Diagram of Tenshudai(donjon base) of Edo Castle)The castle tower, burned down in the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657, was never rebuilt, but its foundation was rebuilt in the year after the great fire, in 1658, by the Maeda family of the Kaga Domain. However, in 1659, the shogun's assistant, Hoshina Masayuki asserted that it was a waste of money and labor to restore the castle tower, when all it was used for was to keep a lookout. This led to the shogunate's decision not to rebuild it. This is the diagram that was used in the construction work to scale down the foundation in the final days of the shogunate.」
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