EU: The Nijō palace at Kyoto (1890)
1890 Kyoto, Japan
Nijo Castle, built as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, is pictured in this 1890 photograph. The castle's fortified walls and moat once housed the shogunate's representatives during their visits to the imperial capital.
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