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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gangizaka 雁木坂

One type of warrior run *mushabashiri 武者走, comprised of stone steps …

Architecture, Castles
gobōzumi 牛蒡積

Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *…

Architecture, Castles
uchi-umadashi 内馬出

Lit. "inner horse exit." A defensive installation *umadashi 馬出 constructed to fortify the…

Architecture, Castles
uchibori 内堀

1 The inner moat of a castle that has two or more moats.

2 The moat dug on the…

Architecture, Castles
uchiguruwa 内郭

Also read naikaku. Also called naijō 内城. An inner compound. Generally, it refers to the central…

Architecture, Castles
uchikomihagi 打込矧ぎ ✓

Lit. "pounded and inserted stone joinery." The most common stone work technique used to build a dry construction castle wall…

Architecture, Castles
uchimasugata 内桝形

Lit. "inner square box." A type of walled compound *masugata 桝形…

Architecture, Castles
uchisoto hachimonji 内外八文字

A type of loophole *sama 狭間. An opening in a wall for soldiers to…

Architecture, Castles
umadashi koguchi 馬出虎口

A main castle gate *koguchi 虎口 with a small barrier or compound…

Architecture, Castles
umadashi 馬出

A castle entrance barrier. A small barrier or compound, built in front of a castle gate *…

Architecture, Castles
umijiro 海城 Castle on the sea.
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