Kanazawa by James L. McClain - Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan - There's a Book About It on Waymarking.com

The book: Kanazawa: A Seventeenth-Century Japanese Castle Town by James L. McClain – Hardcover – English edition – June 1 1982.

Review: I enjoyed reading this book very much. It has an enormous amount of information about Seventeenth Century Japan and excellent for referencing. (visit link)

From Japan Guide: "From 1583 to the end of the Edo Period, Kanazawa Castle was the seat of the powerful Maeda Clan, lords of Kaga, a feudal domain ranking second only to the Tokugawa possessions in terms of size and wealth.

The castle burnt down several times over the centuries, and the most recent fires of 1881 were survived only by two storehouses and the Ishikawa-mon Gate. The gate dates from 1788 and faces Kenrokuen. For several decades, Kanazawa University occupied the former castle grounds until the campus was moved to the city's outskirts in the early 1990s. Since then, a project is underway to rebuild the castle's former buildings. In the meantime, most central structures are standing again and make a visit more interesting." (visit link)

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"Kenrokuen in Kanazawa is justifiably classified as one of Japan's "three most beautiful landscape gardens" alongside Mito's Kairakuen and Okayama's Korakuen. The spacious grounds used to be the outer garden of Kanazawa Castle and were constructed by the ruling Maeda family over a period of nearly two centuries. Opened to the public in 1871, Kenrokuen features a variety of flowering trees which provide the garden with a different look for each season." (visit link)

Coordinates are from Ishikawa-mon gate of Kanazawa Castle.

ISBN Number: 9780300027365 Author(s): James L. McClain

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