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Architecture
Castles
A corner tower. Also written 角櫓. A timber-framed tower set on the corner of a castle wall where two stone walls jut out. In the Edo period, this three-roofed tower was the most striking castle structure after the keep *tenshu 天守. Indeed the largest such towers have the same form as the keep. For example, Kumamoto-jō Udoyagura 熊本城宇土櫓, has five stories including a basement, and a connecting tower *tsuzuki yagura 続櫓, attached to the first story.
Kumamoto-jō Udoyagura 熊本城宇土櫓 (Kumamoto)