| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| mafumi 馬踏み | Also bafumi, hirami 褶. The flat top of an earthen embankment *doi… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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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| obiguruwa 帯郭 | Lit. "belt compound." A long narrow castle compound. Obiguruwa were often constructed on the top of an earthen… |
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| ōgi-no-kōbai 扇の勾配 | ✓ | Lit. "fan slope." Also ōgikōbai 扇勾配 or miyakōbai 宮勾配 (shrine slope). The concave pitch of a stone… |
Architecture, Castles |
| ōgi-no-nawa 扇の縄 | Also written 扇子の縄. A castle plan shaped like a folding fan wherein the fortifications are distributed on either side of the… |
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| okajō 丘城 | Lit. "hillcastle." Also termed kyūryō jōkaku 丘陵城郭. |
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| oribei 折塀 | A castle wall that is undulates with indentations and protrusions. It is designed to allow for the strategic placement of… |
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| orizama 折狭間 | A loophole in a wall *oribei 折塀 that zigzags back and forth like a folding screen *… |
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| ōte 大手 | Also written 追手. |
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| ōtemon 大手門 | The front gate of a castle. Derive from *ōte 大手, the front of a castle or… |
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