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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
ransekizumi 乱石積 ✓

Also *ranzumi 乱積. Piling up unhewn rocks or random masonry. The earliest and…

Architecture, Castles
renketsu tenshu 連結天守 ✓

Also called renketsushiki tenshu 連結式天守. A castle in which the principle tower or keep *…

Architecture, Castles
renritsu tenshu 連立天守

Lit. "connected towers." Also termed renritsushiki tenshu 連立式天守. An extensive, highly-developed castle complex…

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