大阪城(おおさかじょう)

おおさかじょう
noun (proper)
Osaka Castle
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1. Osaka Castle
The castle in central Osaka first built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1580s as the seat of his power. It fell to the Tokugawa in 1615 and was rebuilt; the present main tower is a 1931 concrete reconstruction housing a museum. It is the city's best-known landmark.
大阪城(おおさかじょう)を見学(けんがく)した。
We toured Osaka Castle.
春(はる)の大阪城(おおさかじょう)公園(こうえん)は花見客(はなみきゃく)でにぎわう。
Osaka Castle Park is crowded with cherry-blossom viewers in spring.
大阪城(おおさかじょう)は豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)が建(た)てた城(しろ)として知(し)られている。
Osaka Castle is known as the castle built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Common expressions

  • 大阪城(おおさかじょう)公園(こうえん): the large park around the castle
  • 大阪城(おおさかじょう)天守閣(てんしゅかく): the main tower of Osaka Castle
  • 大坂(おおさか)の陣(じん): the sieges of Osaka (1614–15), in which the Tokugawa destroyed the Toyotomi

Cultural note

A well-known quiz asks who built Osaka Castle; the joke answer is 'the carpenters' (大工(だいく)さん), since Hideyoshi only ordered it built.

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