Jurakudai
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thumb|Screen painting of Jurakudai The Jurakudai or Jurakutei () was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan.
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- Japan
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- occupant
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- inception
- 1587-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1595-00-00
- main building contractor
- Maeno Nagayasu
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thumb|Screen painting of Jurakudai The Jurakudai or Jurakutei () was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan.
== History == Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of , and required nineteen months to complete. Its total area was almost equal to the Imperial Palace Enclosure. It was decorated exceptionally lavishly, but had thick walls and a moat more reminiscent of fortresses such as that at Osaka. It was located in present-day Kamigyō, on the site where the Imperial palace had stood in the Heian period.
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