| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hachimaki doi 鉢巻土居 | A "headband" earthen embankment. An earthen embankment with a stone wall constructed on the upper portion. Also … |
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| hanebashi 桔橋 | Also written 刎橋. A draw bridge. A bridge that has a metal hinge attached to the castle side and a rope attached to the the… |
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| hanmasugata 半桝形 | A type of protective box-shaped enclosure *masugata 桝形, found at a castle… |
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| heishitaji nuki-no-ireyō 塀下地貫入様 | A method used to insert braces into an earthen wall. One brace was placed above the upper cross piece. Another brace was… |
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| heishitaji 塀下地 | The material used to build an earthen wall for a castle. This material must be harder than that used for residences in… | Architecture, Castles | |
| hikaebei 控塀 | Any upright pole or post which forms the inner core of an earthen wall with a tiled and gabled roof. One example is found… |
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| hikaegui 控杭 | Any upright pole or post added to the inside of a castle wall for extra support. While hikaegui increased the strength of… | Architecture, Castles | |
| hikihashi 引橋 | 1 Lit. a pull bridge. A type bridge that can be pulled into a castle. One such example is the … |
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| hira-ishi 平石 | Also tsuki-ishi 築石. Broad, flat construction stones used to build the main sections of stone walls *… |
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| hirajiro 平城 | Lit. flatland castle. A castle built on a plain with the main defensive elements being rivers, swamps, and man-made moats.… |
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| hirayamajiro 平山城 | Also read hirasanjiro. Lit. flatland mountain castle. A castle built on a low mountain, defined as 20 to 100 m high… |
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| hizumiguruwa 邪郭 | Also written 斜郭. A diagonal section of wall forming part of a gateway barrier *… |
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| hōkeiyakata 方形館 | Lit. Square-shape mansion. A medieval fortified military-class mansion that is surrounded by a square-shaped, or more… |
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| honjō 本城 | 1 The main or central fortification withina single castle. It is similar to *… |
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| honmaru 本丸 | Lit. main circle. The principal compound in a castle complex which has more than one compound or ward. It is often, but not… |
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| hori 堀 | ✓ | A moat that completely or partially surrounds a castle, palace, or mansion. Moats are primarily for protection but may… |
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| horikiri 堀切 | A dry moat *karabori 空堀, dug to separate and hinder passage between two peaks… |
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| horiuchimichi 堀内道 | A pathway that runs along the bottom of a dry moat *karabori 空堀. Dry moats… |
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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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