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Minamoto clan

源氏

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The main entrance of Banna-ji: the arched Taiko-bashi bridge over the moat and the two-story Romon gate (May 2019). The temple grounds were once the Ashikaga clan's residence and are still enclosed by a moat and earthen banks on all four sides.

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Ashikaga, Tochigi

Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji)

足利氏館

The ancestral home of the Ashikaga shoguns became a temple, and its moat and earthen banks have survived around the temple grounds for 800 years.

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Shishiga Castle

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Karatsu, Saga

Shishiga Castle

獅子ケ城

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