Remains of the Iwamura feudal lord’s residence (Taiko Tower and former Domain School Main Gate)
In the early Edo period, around 1610, the lord of Iwamura, Matsudaira Ienori built a palace here, but it burned down in 1881. The Omote-gomon main gate, the Taiko Tower containing a taiko drum for time keeping and relaying order, and the tearoom where the cultured Lord Ienori entertained important guests, have been restored.
The original main gates of the Chishinkan, the domain school founded in 1702 by Lord Matsudaira Noritada, has been relocated here. Iwamura domain placed great emphasis on education and aimed to cultivate capable samurai at the Chishinkan. Through this, the small Iwamura Domain was able to produce many talented people, including the Confucian scholar Sato Issai of the late Edo period, whose bronze statue stands on the site of the lord’s residence. Issai’s book, Genshiroku, is said to have greatly influenced such leading people as Saigo Takamori, Katsu Kaishu, and Sakamoto Ryoma during the late Edo period.
| Hours | Open to the public at all times, although only the exterior of the Taiko Tower can be viewed. |
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