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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…

Architecture, Castles
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…

Architecture, Castles
okajō 丘城

Lit. "hillcastle." Also termed kyūryō jōkaku 丘陵城郭.
1 A castle built on a hillock, oka…

Architecture, Castles
oribei 折塀

A castle wall that is undulates with indentations and protrusions. It is designed to allow for the strategic placement of…

Architecture, Castles
orizama 折狭間

A loophole in a wall *oribei 折塀 that zigzags back and forth like a folding screen *…

Architecture, Castles
ōte 大手

Also written 追手.
The front of a castle or fortification. Contrast with karamete 搦手 (the rear of a castle…

Architecture, Castles
ōtemon 大手門

The front gate of a castle. Derive from *ōte 大手, the front of a castle or…

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