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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
banjiro 番城

Short for zaiban shijō 在番支城. A branch castle *shijō 支城, with…

Architecture, Castles
bōrōgata tenshu 望楼型天守 ✓

A lookout tower set atop the roof of a residence *kyokan 居館, usually a…

Architecture, Castles
byōbuori 屏風折

Also termed *orihei 折塀 (folding wall). A castle wall that zig-zags…

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