Ōte-mon, meaning 'great hand gate', was the main entrance to Edo-jō and would have had a guard of 120 men. It is now the main gate to the Imperial Palace East Garden.
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This side gate to the San-no-maru (third compound) of the castle was used mainly by maidservants.
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