| 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 An empty castle or fortress from which the lord and/or his defensive garrison have withdrawn, either… |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 | |
| obiguruwa 帯郭 | Lit. "belt compound." A long narrow castle compound. Obiguruwa were often constructed on the top of an earthen… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ōgi-no-kōbai 扇の勾配 | ✓ | Lit. "fan slope." Also ōgikōbai 扇勾配 or miyakōbai 宮勾配 (shrine slope). The concave pitch of a stone… |
Architecture, Castles |
| ōgi-no-nawa 扇の縄 | Also written 扇子の縄. A castle plan shaped like a folding fan wherein the fortifications are distributed on either side of the… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| okajō 丘城 | Lit. "hillcastle." Also termed kyūryō jōkaku 丘陵城郭. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| oribei 折塀 | A castle wall that is undulates with indentations and protrusions. It is designed to allow for the strategic placement of… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| orizama 折狭間 | A loophole in a wall *oribei 折塀 that zigzags back and forth like a folding screen *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ōte 大手 | Also written 追手. |
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| ōtemon 大手門 | The front gate of a castle. Derive from *ōte 大手, the front of a castle or… |
Architecture, Castles |
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