Ichigaya Prison

...It is within the former Ushigome Ward, and in the early modern period, there were many feudal lords' and samurai residences and temples. After the Meiji era, the site of the Owari clan's upper residence was used as the site of the Military Academy, the Imperial General Headquarters Army Department, the Ministry of the Army, and the General Staff Headquarters. After World War II, it was the site of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and is now the Ichigaya Garrison of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, occupying the Ichigaya Honmuracho area. Ichigaya-yacho (later Daicho) was the site of Ichigaya Prison (1875-1910), and Tokyo Prison (1903-37, later Ichigaya Prison) was located in Ichigaya Tomihisacho, next to the southwest. There are many printing and publishing businesses, including Dai Nippon Printing. ...

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…旧牛込区の範囲内にあり，近世には大名･武家屋敷や寺が多く，明治以後，尾張藩上屋敷跡は，陸軍士官学校，大本営陸軍部，陸軍省，参謀本部などが置かれ，第2次世界大戦後は極東国際軍事裁判所，現在は陸上自衛隊市谷駐屯地となり市谷本村町一帯を占めている。市谷谷町(のち台町)には市ヶ谷監獄(1875‐1910)が，また南西隣の市谷富久町には東京監獄(1903‐37，のちの市ヶ谷刑務所)が置かれた。大日本印刷をはじめ印刷･出版関係の事業所が多い。…

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