| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |
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| 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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| uchi-umadashi 内馬出 | Lit. "inner horse exit." A defensive installation *umadashi 馬出 constructed to fortify the… |
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| uchibori 内堀 | 1 The inner moat of a castle that has two or more moats. |
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| uchiguruwa 内郭 | Also read naikaku. Also called naijō 内城. An inner compound. Generally, it refers to the central… |
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| 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… |
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| uchisoto hachimonji 内外八文字 | A type of loophole *sama 狭間. An opening in a wall for soldiers to… |
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| umadashi koguchi 馬出虎口 | A main castle gate *koguchi 虎口 with a small barrier or compound… |
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| umadashi 馬出 | A castle entrance barrier. A small barrier or compound, built in front of a castle gate *… |
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| umijiro 海城 | Castle on the sea. |
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