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Hikone, Shiga
Hikone Castle
彦根城
A castle of reuse: its National Treasure keep is said to have come from Otsu Castle, and other buildings and even wall stones from other castles.
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Ii Naosuke
井伊直弼
Thirteenth lord of Hikone. As the shogunate's chief minister (tairo) he dealt with the difficult issues around opening Japan to the world, and was assassinated in Edo.
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He was deeply versed in the tea ceremony, and the phrase ichigo ichie ("one time, one meeting") is said to have been coined by him.
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