Keywords
Architecture
Castles
A type of protective box-shaped enclosure *masugata 桝形, found at a castle entrance *koguchi 虎口. Half of the enclosure lies within the castle, and half projects outside the castle walls. The hanmasugata design is a combination of the inner box-enclosure *uchimasugata 内桝形, and outer box-enclosure, sotomasugata 外桝形.