Ichinohashimon Gate 市ノ橋門

Official explanation

Ichinohashimon Gate was named for the bridge it once guarded, which spanned the outer moat (Senba River) and connected the castle to the unfortified neighborhood to the west. Ichi means “town” or “market,” hashi means “bridge,” and mon means “gate,” so Ichinohashi was literally the “gate at the bridge into town.” The area just across the moat was home to woodworkers and carpenters and is still known as Zaimoku-machi (“lumber district”). Falconers who tended the daimyo lord’s hunting birds also lived nearby and used Ichinohashimon Gate to access the castle.

The Gate was actually a pair of gates, each with reinforced wooden double doors. They were separated by an inner courtyard, and the larger inner gate stood at an angle to the outer gate—a design intended to slow enemy forces and prevent a direct charge through the passage. A storehouse lay above the inner gate, and a guardhouse stood just beyond it.

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