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Architecture
Castles
Lit. "confronting castle." Also termed mukaijiro 向城 (facing castle) and *tsukejiro 付城 (annex castle). A castle built to mount an attack on the castle of the enemy. Usually a temporary structure. A well known example is Ishigakiyama-jō 石垣山城 (1590) in Kanagawa Prefecture, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 (1536-98) when he attacked Odawara-jō 小田原城. Ishigakiyama-jō was reputedly built in 80 days on a hilltop overlooking Odawara; when it was ready, Hideyoshi ordered all the surrounding trees to be felled in one night, suddenly revealing the tai-no-shiro.