| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| aiyokoya-no-sama 合横矢の狭間 | Also aiyokoya 合横矢. Lit. loophole for opposing lateral arrows. A loophole constructed in a castle wall or rampart to… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| akijiro 明城 | Also written 空城. An empty castle or fortress from which the lord and/or his defensive garrison have withdrawn, either… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ausaka 合坂 | Also read aisaka. A type of warrior run *mushabashiri 武者走, where… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| azuchi-umadashi 的山馬出 | Also written 安土馬出. A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出,… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chashi チャシ | Fort. An Ainu アイヌ term for a fortification surrounded by a stockade fence or palisade *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chikirinawa ちきり縄 | Lit. cross-stitch layout. Also read chigirinawa. Also written 蟄亀利縄. A generic term for various types of castle… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chirifusegi 塵防 | An extremely low embankment *dote 土手, beside a castle moat *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chiriotoshi 塵落 | Also termed fujōnagashi 不浄流. A garbage drop. An area for discarding garbage and human and animal excrement from… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chiritori 塵取 | A passageway in a castle, used to clean out the moat. An opening in the wall of the main compound of a castle *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chōjō 長城 | Also termed chōrui 長塁, bōrui 防塁. A long defensive fortification consisting of a continuous, extended… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chōsenshiki yamajiro 朝鮮式山城 | Lit. Korean type mountain castle. A general term for castle structures in Japan that resemble those in ancient Korea.… |
Architecture, Castles |
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