page_title: Jurakudai
hierarchical_section_title: Jurakudai
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 『聚樂第屏風圖』部分（三井記念美術館所蔵）。「聚楽第図屏風」　六曲一隻　桃山時代　16世紀。 この屏風では四層以上の高さの天守閣がそびえています。安土桃山時代の城壁は安土城も大坂城も黒漆を塗った黒壁ですが、この屏風では白壁です。天守閣の左下には現在数少ない聚楽第の遺構として残る梅雨の井と思われる。井戸も描かれています。 English: “Juraku-dai Byōbu-zu”. Folding screen painting of the Jurakudai palace. It was constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto. It was located in present-day Kamigyō, Kyoto. In this folding screen, the castle tower has a height of four or more layers. The walls of the Azuchi-Momoyama era are black walls painted with black lacquer in both Azuchi Castle and Osaka Castle, but this folding screen has a white wall. The lower left of the castle tower is thought to be a well in the rainy season that remains as the rare remains of Juraku Dai-ichi. Wells are also drawn.
context_page_description: The Jurakudai or Jurakutei was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan. Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of Kampaku, 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.
  In late 1587, following the Jurakudai's completion, Hideyoshi moved there from his castle at Osaka, just after his victory over the Shimazu family in Kyūshū. He made it the base for his administration and invited Go-Yōzei, the reigning emperor, to stay there in the first month of 1588. Maeda Geni, one of his Five Commissioners, studied previous receptions of emperors and the requisite protocols. The emperor was escorted by many Court nobles, mounted samurai, and ''innumerable men at arms''. Hideyoshi rode immediately afterwards, the highest ranking Court official in his capacity as Kampaku.
context_section_description: The Jurakudai or Jurakutei (聚樂第/聚楽第) was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan. Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of  Kampaku, 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.
  In late 1587, following the Jurakudai's completion, Hideyoshi moved there from his castle at Osaka, just after his victory over the Shimazu family in Kyūshū. He made it the base for his administration and invited  Go-Yōzei, the reigning emperor, to stay there in the first month of 1588. Maeda Geni, one of his Five Commissioners, studied previous receptions of emperors and the requisite protocols. The emperor was escorted by many Court nobles, mounted samurai (including Hideyoshi's foremost generals), and ''innumerable men at arms''. Hideyoshi rode immediately afterwards, the highest ranking Court official in his capacity as Kampaku. Within the Jurakudai itself, the great daimyōs awaited the emperor, most importantly Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobukatsu. The emperor stayed in the palace for five days, and the daimyos gathered there were asked to sign an oath to the following principles:
  ''We who are assembled here weep tears of gratitude for the presence of His Majesty.''
  ''If any evil persons should attempt to confiscate Crown estates or the property of Court nobles, we will take action against them, and we bind ourselves and our descendants to carry out this undertaking.''
  ''We swear that we will obey the commands of the Regent down to the smallest particular.''
  Kusunoki Masatora is our source for these events, having recorded them in his diary.
  In 1589, the most important Court nobles and daimyos were again invited to the Jurakudai. Here Hideyoshi displayed a vast amount - approximately 5.5 tonnes - of gold and silver heaped on plates; it was then distributed among those gathered. 
  When Hideyoshi resigned from the post of Kanpaku in 1591, his nephew Toyotomi Hidetsugu assumed the position; he took up residence at Jurakudai with Hideyoshi's other nephew, Toyotomi Hidekatsu. Hidetsugu hosted a second visit for Go-Yōzei. However, Hideyoshi began to construct  his new castle in 1594 and when Hidetsugu was forced to commit seppuku in 1595, the Jurakudai was dismantled, with many parts being moved to Fushimi and reassembled. 
  Some buildings of the Jurakudai survive, among them the Hiun-kaku at Nishi Hongan-ji, the Karamon at Daitoku-ji, and the front gate at Myōkaku-ji (all in Kyoto). Recent excavations have yielded some tiles bearing gold leaf.
caption: Screen painting of Jurakudai
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