1 A connecting gallery or tower inside a square compound *masugata 桝形 of an Edo period castle entrance. The gallery forms a bridge linking two stone walls *ishigaki 石垣. The watari yagura usually has hongawara style roof *hongawarabuki 本瓦葺 of alternately overlapping flat and round tiles, is single story in height, and is fitted with gun ports *teppō sama 鉄砲狭間. Representative examples of watari yagura include Matsumoto-jō *tenshu 松本城 天守 watari yagura in Nagano Prefecture; Himeji-jō 姫路城 numerous watari yagura in Hyōgo Prefecture (both one-story and two-story examples including notably "Yo" watari yagura that is 84 m in length), and Takamatsu-jō Kita-no-maru 高松城北の丸 single-roof watari yagura in Kagawa Prefecture. See *yaguramon 櫓門.
2 Also called *tamon 多聞 or *nagaya 長屋. A long connecting gallery or enclosed connecting corridor in an Edo period castle. Built along the top of a stone wall or embankment, the watari yagura links two towers, a tower and a donjon, or a large donjon with a small one.
3 A structure used in a provisional medieval fortification. A long walkway was constructed of wooden planks, parallel to the battle line. Soldiers would fire arrows from this walkway.
1） Matsumoto-jō 松本城 (Nagano)