I chose this picture of Osaka Castle from afar because the lush tree cover allows one to image just what the castle and surrounding areas might have been like during the Tokugawa Shogunate. Construction of Osaka castle was started by 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and has been burned down and rebuilt twice. It originally sported three deep moats that were virtually uncrossable during that time period. After a successful invasion of the area, the two outer moats were buried to make the castle less defensible to thereby reduce its potential as a fortress for area domination.
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