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JAANUS

sumiumadashi 隅馬出

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Architecture

Castles

A castle entrance barrier *umadashi 馬出, erected at the corner of an outer castle compound.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University