Japan's Modern Castles Episode Two: Osaka Castle (大阪城)

A virtual tour of Osaka Castle, examining the modern history of the site from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present day. This video investigates the role of the castle as a military and heritage site, including the reconstruction of the castle keep (tenshu) in 1931. We look at a range of historical artifacts that remain in and around Osaka Castle as witnesses to its modern past. For more information on the modern history of Japan's castles, see the book by Oleg Benesch and Ran Zwigenberg, Japan's Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2019), or http://www.olegbenesch.com/ Additional image credits: National Diet Library Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Inoue-hiro (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%...) Bwmoll3 (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%...) CepterX (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Mahopa (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%...) Akaloli~commonswiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Su...) GooGooDoll2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hi...) Artanisen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:To...) 白拍子花子 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) Morio (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)