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Nijo Castle in the snow, by Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1950).

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[redsamuraiii]

I like that the interior design is so similar to Nijo Castle in Kyoto!

Pic by : Exploring Museums in Kyoto

I visited Nijo Castle last year. So imagine my surprise when I notice the uncanny resemblance of the wall art while watching Shogun! The production team are really paying attention to detail for this show!

There are many rooms in Nijo Castle, each room with a different theme. For example, the room where Lord Toragana is in have tigers on the wall art which are meant to intimidate the guest.

Usually the Daimyo will grant audience to the visitor in a tiger themed room for a guest that he sees as a threat. In this case, Lord Ishido purposely put Lord Toranaga in this room to make his point.

If you ever go Kyoto, I highly recommend visiting Nijo Castle and get a feel of what it's like to walk around the castle ground. And don't forget to eat the Gold Leaf Matcha Ice Cream while you're there!

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[artschoolglasses]

The gardens of Nijo-jo

Kyoto, Japan

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Castles & blossoms 🏯🌸

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Cherry blossom in Japan the spring of 2023.

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Japan shenans 3/??

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[ariaalways]

Went to the Golden Pavilion and Nijo Castle today

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[lowpolyrose]

Next we stopped by Nijō Castle, residence of the Tokugawa shoguns. When you walk along the floorboards inside the castle, it sounds like nightingale song! The screen paintings were just absolutely beautiful.

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[lil-w0ody]

Shout to these small school homies practising their English @historic Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

We were presented with many intricate origamis as our reward

#stay in school kids #nijo castle #this my version of a shout out track

[go-venture-beyond]

In Kyoto, Nijo Castle

While Tokyo to the east, is at the pinnacle of a technological metropolis, over to the west, the city of Kyoto still retains the traditional and cultural history of the county. If you are looking for shrines, temples and gorgeous scenery, Kyoto is the place to go. One of the several stops on my trip to the city was to Nijo Castle. This splendid palace is located a few stops north of the main…

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[redsamuraiii]

My Japan Trip : Nijo Castle, Kyoto

The place where the last Shogun of Tokugawa Shogunate gave up his power to the Emperor and the Imperials.

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[artschoolglasses]

Karamon Gate at Nijo Castle

Kyoto, Japan

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[thekimonogallery]

Night cherry blossoms and digital art at World Heritage Nijo Castle, Japan. Photography by Fujinami Hideaki

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Okita's height

Okita Souji's appearance is still a mystery.

Many people have studied his face, so let's leave that for now, but what about his height?

Many sources give his height as "5 shaku 5 sun" (5'5" or approximately 167 cm).

This seems to be based on an article titled "Another Look at Okita Souji" (沖田総司別見), which appeared in the April 1972 issue of the "Historical Research" (歴史研究) magazine.

According to that article, a man named Sanbongi Mitsuo (三本木密雄), a samurai of the Nihonmatsu domain, once met Okita Souji, and "when they were standing side by side, they turned their heads to the side and talked," and since Sanbongi Mitsuo was "5' 5" tall, it is estimated that Okita was also about 5' 5" tall.

This text was written by Endo Koukei (遠藤幸威). He said that his mother told him what his great-grandfather had heard from Sanbongi Mitsuo.

Considering that Endo was the last of the Omi Mikami clan lords, such a story must have been told among the family members.

(Incidentally, the book "沖田総司おもかげ抄" written by Mori Makiko, which is in my possession, mentions "Endo Kouzo" (遠藤幸蔵), but it seems to be a misprint.)

However, we do not know where this Sanbongi Mitsuo met Okita, in Kyoto or in Edo. The Nihonmatsu clan was also in charge of guarding Kyoto, so it's possible that he met Okita in Kyoto.

Okita was between 22 and 26 years old when he was in Kyoto, so he had already finished growing. If Sanbongi met him in Kyoto, we can almost say for certain that he was about 5'5".

However, if they met in Edo, things would be a little different.

Sanbongi Mitsuo also says that Okita disliked taking baths [T/N: the original text used "風呂", which could mean he disliked going to "bath houses" instead]. However, in "沖田総司おもかげ抄", an old woman in Kyoto who had feelings for Okita at the time said that "Okita was very clean and neat," and the author, Mori Makiko speculates that "As a boy in the Shieikan, he might have disliked taking a bath, but since he became a member of the Shinsengumi in his youth, he might have started to pay more attention to his personal appearance and cleanliness."

Indeed, considering that he accompanied Kondo Isami to Nijo Castle and other places after joining the Shinsengumi, he must have been careful about his appearance, and it's unlikely that Kondo Isami would have tolerated a filthy appearance.

If so, it's highly likely that Sanbongi Mitsuo met Okita in Edo.

It depends on when they met in Edo, but if they met when Okita was a boy, it is possible that he grew taller after that.

Yagi Tamesaburo, the second son of Yagi Gennojo's family, who lived in Mibu, Kyoto, describes Okita as "a tall, dark-skinned man with broad shoulders".

These are the 3 people Tamesaburo described as "tall":

Serizawa Kamo

Noguchi Kenji

Okita Souji

What he said about Hijikata Toshizo:

"he had a toned face with large eyes"

"he was sullen and didn't chat much"

"he was said to be the son of an apothecary, but didn't appear like one at all."

Among the Shinsengumi, Hijikata Toshizo is the only one whose height is known. A specific number is given in "両雄士伝捕遺", "he is 5 shaku 5 sun (5'5")".

The 5 shaku 5 sun is the same as Okita's, but why did Tamesaburo not refer to Hijikata as a "tall man" as well?

The average height at that time was said to be around 5'1" (155-157 cm).

Hijikata, who was more than 10 cm taller than the average height, must have been "tall" as well.

Kondo Isami was shorter than Hijikata by the amount of a topknot (162 to 163 cm), and Saito Hajime was estimated to be around 175 cm.

Shimada Kai is said to be about 6 feet tall (180 cm), and Yamazaki Susumu is also said to be tall.

At the time Okita was staying at the Yagi residence, Tamesaburo was between 13 and 16 years old, a very impressionable age, but from the perspective of the Shinsengumi as a whole, his impression of Hijikata was not that he was "tall" but that he was "moody" and "didn't look like an apothecary's son" mentioned above.

If so, Serizawa, Noguchi, and Okita would have given him the strongest impression of being "tall" among the Shinsengumi.

Some say that Okita was 5'7" (172 cm), so he may have been at least that tall. At the very least, Okita was probably taller than Hijikata.

References

新選組始末記　子母澤寛全集一　子母澤寛

沖田総司おもかげ抄　森満喜子

歴史研究　1972年4月号　新人物往来社

沖田総司伝私記　菊池明

聞き書き徳川慶喜残照　遠藤幸威

両雄士傳　補遺　橋本清淵編輯　多摩デジタル新選組資料館

Wikipedia

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Maiko Toshimana san performing at The Nijo Castle