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Hibiya Mitsuke Site
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The outer Edo Castle gate whose walls Kato Tadahiro and Date Masamune built through tenka-bushin construction — stone wall sections survive in Hibiya Park
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1628
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Historic Site
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2 min walk from Hibiya Subway Station
Hibiya Park, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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Historic Site
Founded 1628
398 years
Overview
One of the 36 outer gates of Edo Castle, guarding the southern perimeter. Kato Tadahiro of Kumamoto domain built the surrounding stone walls as part of the shogunal tenka-bushin construction in 1614, and Date Masamune of Sendai completed the gate walls in 1628. Equipped with a korai-mon outer gate, masugata enclosure, watari-yagura tower gate, and guardhouse, it defended the southern flank of Edo …
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Origins
One of the 36 outer gates of Edo Castle. Stone walls built by Kato Tadahiro in 1614 and gate walls by Date Masamune in 1628. Dismantled 1873. Sections of the walls remain in Hibiya Park, and the western moat is preserved as Shinji-ike Pond.

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Date Masamune
One-Eyed Dragon
Age 61 at founding
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In 1628, Date Masamune, lord of the Sendai domain, completed the gate stonework at Hibiya Mitsuke, one of Edo Castle's thirty-six outer gates. Building on walls Kato Tadahiro had raised in 1614, Masamune finished a full gate with a koraimon and masugata, securing the castle's southern moat and the Hibiya approach. Part of the stonework survives in Hibiya Park today.
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