| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |
Architecture, Castles |
| 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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| naijō 内城 | The innermost compound *kuruwa 郭 of a castle. Sometimes called *… |
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| nakajō 中城 | Also *ni-no-maru 二の丸, ni-no-kuruwa 二の郭, naka-no-maru 中の丸.… |
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| nawabari 縄張 | ✓ | Castle plan; general term for the layout of a castle and its component structures. Lit. "stretched rope," the term is said… |
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| negoya 根小屋 | The *jōkamachi 城下町, or town below the castle in the late medieval… |
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| nejiro 根城 | Also read nejō. Lit. "root castle." The base of military operations. When several castles comprise a unit, … |
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| ni-no-maru 二の丸 | Lit. "second circle." The second compound outside of, or immediately adjacent to the main compound *… |
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| nishi-no-maru 西の丸 | A castle compound to the west of the main compound *honmaru 本丸. In a early-… |
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| noroshidai 烽火台 | Also pronounced hōkadai. Also noroshidai 狼煙台 or noroshiba 狼煙場. A fire beacon; a stone platform on… |
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| nozurazumi 野面積 | ✓ | 1 Also called *ishigaki 石垣; ishigaketsumi 石崖積; … |
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| nunozuki 布築 | Lit. "cloth construction." Ashlar construction. Also termed nunozumi 布積 (cloth piling). A technique used in dry… |
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