| 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… |
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| akijiro 明城 | Also written 空城. An empty castle or fortress from which the lord and/or his defensive garrison have withdrawn, either… |
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| ausaka 合坂 | Also read aisaka. A type of warrior run *mushabashiri 武者走, where… |
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| azuchi-umadashi 的山馬出 | Also written 安土馬出. A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出,… |
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| tachisama 立狭間 | A loophole *sama 狭間 cut in a wall about chest high to a standing soldier.… |
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| tai-no-shiro 対の城 | Lit. "confronting castle." Also termed mukaijiro 向城 (facing castle) and *tsukejiro… |
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| tamon 多聞 | Also termed tamon-zukuri 多聞造, tamon'yagura 多聞櫓 (many listen tower) and tamon nagaya 多聞長屋 (many… |
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| tatakidoi 敲土居 | A pounded earth embankment. It was made of layers of earth mixed with water, pounded down and allowed to harden. The wall… |
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| tate 館 | Also read tachi. A small castle shiro 城 and/or a wealthy provincial residence *… |
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| tatebori 竪堀 | A vertical dry moat. Also read tatsubori; sometimes written 立堀, 竪濠. A dry moat *… |
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| teikakushiki 梯郭式 | Lit. "ladder-shaped compound plan." Short for teikakushiki nawabari 梯郭式縄張. A plan that fortified a castle entrance… |
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| tenshu shinbashira 天守心柱 | Lit. "tower central pillar." A pillar found in the main structure of castles, sometimes used singly and sometimes in pairs.… |
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| tenshu 天守 | ✓ | Also called tenshukaku 天守閣, tenshuyagura 天守櫓. Also written 天主, 殿主, and 殿守. The principal tower-like… |
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| tenshudai 天守台 | ✓ | The independent raised foundation upon which the principal tower *tenshu 天守 was constructed.… |
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| teppō sama 鉄砲狭間 | Also called jūgan 銃眼 (loophole). A gun loophole or gun port. An opening through which to shoot a firearm from… |
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| terakōbai 寺勾配 | Also termed nawadarumi 縄だるみ (slackened rope). A concave shaped stone wall with a curved surface that resembles a… |
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| tojō 外城 | Also read sotojiro. An outer castle or fortification. |
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| toride 砦 | Also written 取出, 取手, 塞 also 寨. A small-scale fort, fortification, or stronghold. A structure built near the main castle or… |
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| tsubosama 坪狭間 | Also written 壷狭間. Large bamboo stalks that are cut in section, painted and placed in outer castle walls and in the walls of… |
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| tsuji-umadashi 辻馬出 | An intersection barrier. A single barrier that is constructed to defend two entrances to a castle that have been constructed… |
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| tsukejiro 付城 | 1 A fortification built as a staging camp from which to attack an enemy's castle… |
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| tsukimi yagura 月見櫓 | ✓ | A moon viewing tower of the *yagura 櫓 type found at a number of castles. Also… |
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| tsume-no-shiro 詰の城 | Also read tsumejiro 詰城, or written 爪城 or tsume-no-shiro 攻の城. |
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| tsunagi-no-shiro 繋の城 | Same as tsunagijiro or tsunagishiro 繋城. 1 A type of branch castle *… |
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| tsuribei 釣塀 | A decoy wall, or pseudo-wall. A wall that was built so as to hang over an earthen embankment or stone wall of a castle. When… |
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| tsuzuki yagura 続櫓 | Tower connected with a gate or another tower. Examples connected to gates include Hikone-jō Taikomon 彦根城太鼓門 in Shiga… |
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