Beefeater

Japanese: Beefeater
Beefeater

...Prisoners executed or imprisoned here include Thomas More (executed in 1535), Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII (executed in 1536), future Queen Elizabeth I (1554, released after two months of imprisonment), and Water Lawley (1592, imprisoned from 1603 to 16, executed in 1618), and many others, whose stories cast a grim shadow over the history of the Tower of London. Today, under the supervision of guards dressed in Tudor-era clothing and commonly known as "Beefeaters," it is open to the public as a repository for royal treasures and an exhibition center for weapons and armor. [Yoshinobu Aoyama]. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Beefeater" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ここで処刑または監禁された囚人はトマス・モア(1535処刑),ヘンリー8世王妃アン・ブーリン(1536処刑),後の女王エリザベス1世(1554,投獄2ヵ月で釈放),ウォーター・ローリー(1592,1603‐16投獄,1618処刑)ら多数を数え,彼らにまつわる物語はロンドン塔の歴史に陰惨な影をおとしている。今日は〈ビーフイーターBeefeater〉と俗称されるチューダー時代の服装をした護衛兵の管理のもとで,王室の宝物の保管所として,また武器・甲冑の展示場として,一般に公開されている。【青山 吉信】。…

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