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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 An empty castle or fortress from which the lord and/or his defensive garrison have withdrawn, either…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
fukinukimon 吹貫門

A gate without doors. It may be a roofed opening in a fence or wall, but no gate leaves are hung on the structure.

Architecture, Castles
fukugō tenshu 複合天守 ✓

Also fukugōshiki tenshu 複合式天守. A large tower, *daitenshu 大天守, with…

Architecture, Castles
futaebei 二重塀

Also called taikobei 太鼓塀 or drum wall. A double castle wall that consisted of two separate walls between which…

Architecture, Castles

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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