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Kuromon 黒門 "Black Gate"

source : wikipedia

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Kuromon (黒門, Black gate) is an historical gate (mon) located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo.
One of two remaining gates of the Edo period daimyō mansions in the city (the other one is Akamon, currently located in the University of Tokyo).
The exact date in which it was first constructed is not known, but the consensus is that it dates from the late Edo period, probably from the late 18th century or early 19th century.
It is currently located in the grounds of the Tokyo National Museum, and it has been designated an Important Cultural Property.
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The Kuromon was first built as the main gate of the Edo mansion of the branch of the Ikeda clan from the Tottori Domain, which included the Inaba Province and Hōki Province in the modern-day Tottori Prefecture. The mansion was located in the Marunouchi area (now Marunouchi 3-chome), and was part of the daimyō kōji (大名小路, daimyo alley), which included 24 such mansions.
In 1892 the gate was moved to Meiji-era Tōgū Palace in Akasaka, Tokyo, and some time later to the residence of Prince Takamatsu (1905–1987), the third son of Emperor Taishō.
It was designated an Important Cultural Property in September 1951.
Finally in March 1954 it was moved to its final location in the Tokyo National Museum and rebuilt there.
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Kuromoncho 黒門町 Kuromon district

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Denshishi Torimonocho 伝七捕物帳 Records of Detective Denshichi
Denshichi torimonochô - A long-running Jidaigeki TV series.
Denshichi was active in the Kuromoncho area.
A story revolves around Denshichi, a kindhearted detective in Kuromoncho.
According to his motto "hate the crime, not the person," he punishes and roots out the evil lurking in Edo.
It featured 中村梅雀 Nakamura Baijaku as Denshichi.　
Denshichi of Kuromoncho is a subordinate of a police constable. He punishes widespread evil in the backstreets of Edo with a purple jitte 十手　truncheon entrusted to him by the inspector Toyama Saemon, who is the magistrate of Kitamachi.

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子の目にも黒門涼し蜂須賀邸
ko no me ni mo kuromon suzushi Hachisuka tei

even in the eyes of children
the Kuromon feels cool -
Hachisuka residence

石川桂郎 Ishikawa Keiro

蜂須賀正氏 Hachisuka Masauji (1903 - 1953)
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He was the great grandson of the 11th shōgun Tokugawa Ienari and also nephew of the last shōgun Prince Tokugawa. Hachisuka was born in Tokyo in 1903.
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