| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| daiba 台場 | ✓ | A fort located at a strategic location on a sea coast, riverbank, or island. It was furnished with large guns. Daiba were… |
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| daiin-no-koguchi 大陰の虎口 | Also written 大陰虎口. A simple, early form of castle entrance *koguchi … |
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| daitenshu 大天守 | Lit. large *tenshu 天守. The principal tower. The largest tenshu in a… |
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| dashibei 出塀 | A wall projecting 15-30 cm outward from the flat top, *inubashiri 犬走り, of a… |
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| deguruwa 出郭 | A compound that juts out or is slightly separated from the main components of a castle complex, which include: the main… |
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| dejiro 出城 | 1 Outer citadel. Also tsukejiro 付け城, hajiro 端城, edajiro 枝城. A type of branch… |
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| dezama 出狭間 | A loophole, *sama 狭間, that projects out from the frame of a window opening in… |
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| dobashi 土橋 | 1 Lit. earthen bridge. An earthen bridge, which is made by leaving an unexcavated section of moat in front… |
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| doi 土居 | Also dorui 土塁. An earthen embankment, earthwork, or rampart. A defensive embankment surrounding a castle or a… |
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| doijiki 土居敷 | The foundation bed, shiki 敷, of an earthen embankment, *doi 土居. It has… |
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| dokuritsu tenshu 独立天守 | ✓ | Lit. independent donjon or keep. Also called dokuritsushiki tenshu 独立式天守, dokuritsu tenshukaku 独立天守閣. A… |
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| dote 土手 | 1 The flat top of an embankment, *doi 土居, also called *… |
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| mafumi 馬踏み | Also bafumi, hirami 褶. The flat top of an earthen embankment *doi… |
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| magiri 間切 | Lit. "section breaks." A technique used to build a castle wall. Separate sections of the castle wall *… |
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| maru-umadashi 丸馬出 | A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出 consisting of… |
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| masugata 桝形 | ✓ | Also written 升形. Lit. "square measuring box." A square enclosed by an earthen embankment, stone wall, moat or gates used to… |
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| masugata koguchi 桝型虎口 | A type of castle entrance *koguchi 虎口 protected by a square… |
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| mizu-no-te guruwa 水の手郭 | Also mizuguruwa 水郭. A castle compound *kuruwa 郭 built to protect… |
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| mizubori 水堀 | A water-filled moat. Dry or empty moats are called *karabori 空堀. |
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| mizuki 水城 | Lit. "water fortification." A dike constructed in the low-lying land between two mountains and filled with water to create a… |
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| mogari 虎落 | The bamboo stalks, with the branches and leaves attached, that are placed facing the enemy in the bottom of a dry moat.… |
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| monomiguruwa 物見郭 | A watch tower compound built on high ground apart from the main castle compound, from where the movement of enemy forces can… |
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| mushabashiri 武者走 | Lit. "warrior run." The wide section built inside a wall on the level top of an earthen embarkment *… |
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