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title: Nijo Castle Keep
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10963/nijo-castle-keep/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Nijo Castle Keep

_Authored by James Blake Wiener_

## Image File

[![Nijo Castle Keep](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10963.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10963.jpg)

## Image Caption

The keep of [Nijo Castle](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nijo_Castle/), Kyoto, [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/). The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the [shogun](https://www.worldhistory.org/Shogun/) [Tokugawa Ieyasu](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tokugawa_Ieyasu/) (r. 1603-1605 CE).

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2019, June 25). Nijo Castle Keep. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10963/nijo-castle-keep/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Nijo Castle Keep." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 25, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10963/nijo-castle-keep/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Nijo Castle Keep." *World History Encyclopedia*, 25 Jun 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10963/nijo-castle-keep/>.

## License & Copyright

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