歴史解説 豊臣秀吉の京都大改造　予告編

In the previous article, we introduced the city of Kyoto and its surroundings around 1570. The city of Kyoto, which had a unique appearance divided into Kamigyo and Shimogyo and surrounded by a sogamae (building wall), was remodeled and transformed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who later unified the country. We are currently creating a 3D model of Kyoto from Hideyoshi's time, and we will introduce it while showing the work in progress. The setting for this article is 1595, when Jurakudai and Hokoji Temple both existed.

Hideyoshi's main urban remodeling efforts included surrounding the entire city of Kyoto with a moat and earthworks called Odoi, building Jurakudai and arranging the residences of daimyo around it, gathering the residences of nobles around the Imperial Palace, gathering and arranging temples on the east side of the Kamo River and the north side of Kamigyo, developing blocks known as Tensho Chiwari, and building Hokoji Temple.

The Odoi is said to have been built for the purpose of defending Kyoto and controlling flooding of the Kamo River. The Odoi was huge, with a circumference of 22.5 km, a width of 20 meters, and a height of about 5 meters. Except for the east side, a moat was provided on the outside, which was about 20 meters wide. Daimyo residences were built on the east and south sides of Jurakudai. In addition, court nobles' residences were gathered around the Imperial Palace. In 1597, Kyoto Shinjo Castle was built on this site as the base of Kyoto, replacing Jurakudai. In addition, many of the temples scattered in Kamigyo and Shimogyo were relocated to a place adjacent to the Odoi on the east side, and the area came to be called Teramachi. Some temples, such as Myoken-ji and Myokaku-ji, were gathered in Kamigyo. Remnants of these can still be seen today. In addition, many north-south roads, called Tensho Chiwari, were built to divide the city blocks that had existed since Heian-kyo into east and west, which led to the efficient use of land and an influx of many people. It is not known exactly how many town houses were built, but it is believed that Kamigyo and Shimogyo were reconnected after this time. The most time-consuming part of this project was making the town houses, and it took more than a week just to make them. At present, we have made over 22,000 buildings. Hokoji Temple will be built at this location. With this, Gojo Bridge was replaced and the original Rokujo Bomon Koji became Gojo Street, as it is today.
In the future, we will make the town houses and Hokoji Temple between Kamigyo and Shimogyo, make overall adjustments and then start editing the video. If all goes well, we plan to upload the main part next Saturday, so please take a look if you are interested.