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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 An empty castle or fortress from which the lord and/or his defensive garrison have withdrawn, either…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
jinjiro 陣城

Lit. camp fortress. A temporary fortification constructed on a battlefield or stopping-place by armies on the march, used…

Architecture, Castles
jōkamachi 城下町

Lit. town below the castle. A castle town. A town's fortress was located as a rule in a mountain, while the accompanying…

Architecture, Castles
jōsaku 城柵

1 A fence around a castle. See *saku 柵.

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Architecture, Castles
jun'yokoya 順横矢

Lit. regular side arrow.

1 An arrow, gun or cannon attack from inside a castle on the left side of…

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