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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
wajō 倭城

A Japanese castle. Refers to 25 castles constructed in various regions of Korea by the Japanese forces during the Bunroku-…

Architecture, Castles
wakikoguchi 脇虎口

A side entrance to a castle. A small, inconspicuous entrance located on the side of a castle, in contrast with the main gate…

Architecture, Castles
watari yagura 渡櫓 ✓

1 A connecting gallery or tower inside a square compound *masugata…

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