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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ibaraki 茨城

Lit. thorn tree fortress. A simple and usually temporary fortress surrounded by thorn trees or briar bushes to defend it…

Architecture, Castles
ichi no mon 一の門

The first or main gate of a castle. At Matsuyamajō 松山城 in Ehime Prefecture, the gate plan was square *…

Architecture, Gates, Castles
iejiro 家城

Lit. house castle.

1 A castle in the stage of historical development from a strictly military…

Architecture, Castles
in no koguchi 陰の虎口

Defensive castle entrance, or yin entrance. A generic term for various types castle entrance *…

Architecture, Castles
in'yō no kuruwa 陰陽の郭

Defensive castle compounds in no kuruwa 陰の郭 and offensive castle compounds yō no kuruwa 陽の郭. In Chinese,…

Architecture, Castles
inagi 稲城

Also read inaki. Lit. rice plant fortress. A small and temporary defensive palisade of bundles or sheaves of rice…

Architecture, Castles
isama 居狭間

Loopholes or gun ports that are cut in a castle wall at the height of a seated defender's shoulder. The holes are mainly…

Architecture, Castles
ishi no hikae 石の控え

The depth of a stone in a stone wall *ishigaki 石垣. This is the…

Architecture, Castles
ishi-otoshi 石落 ✓

Also termed ishi otoshimado 石落窓. Stone drop, or stone drop window. A castle installation built into the keep *…

Architecture, Castles
ishigaki 石垣 ✓

A dry stone wall. A retaining stone foundation wall built without binding materials over an inclined earthen embankment.…

Architecture, Castles
ishisama 石狭間

A stone loophole used to fire a gun through a castle wall. Unlike the usual loopholes *…

Architecture, Castles
ishiuchidana 石打棚

A shelf or platform from which stones or small rocks were hurled against an enemy. This shelf or platform runs along the…

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