喜斎門
喜斎門は姫路城の後方に位置する門である。天守を囲むらせん状の堀が最初の旋回を終え、次の旋回を始めるこの場所にある。近くには、藩の年貢と家臣の禄を納めるための米を保管する二つの蔵があった。この蔵の近くにある喜斎門があったため、姫路藩に使える侍はこの門を使って米や約束手形、またはその両方で支給される俸給を受け取っていた。また、城の守護神を祀る長壁神社への参拝の際には、住民が喜斎門を利用していた。
Title Kisaimon Gate
- Hyogo
- Topic(s)：
- Historic Sites/Castle Ruins World Heritage (Natural or Cultural)
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2020
- Associated Tourism Board：
- Himeji City
- Associated Address：
- 68, Hommachi, Himeji-shi , Hyogo
English
Kisaimon Gate
Kisaimon Gate was the rear entrance to Himeji Castle. It stood here, at the spot where the fortress’s spiral-shaped moat completes its first loop around the keep and other central fortifications. Nearby were two warehouses that stored rice: the domain’s annual tax collection and the rice used to pay vassals’ stipends. Because of the Kisaimon Gate’s proximity to these warehouses, samurai who served the daimyo lords of Himeji used it when they came to collect their stipends; these were paid in rice, promissory notes, or some combination of the two. Residents also used the Kisaimon Gate when visiting Osakabe Shrine, which housed the castle’s guardian deity.
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