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chikirinawa ちきり縄 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / castles | ||||||
Lit. cross- stitch layout. Also read chigirinawa. Also written 蟄亀利縄. A generic term for various types of castle entrance *koguchi 虎口 layouts, generally of a simple design. These include: *azuchi umadashi 的山馬出 (straight line barrier) ; sou-no-maru umadashi 草の丸馬出 (simple semi-circular barrier) ; sou-no-kaku umadashi 草の角馬出 (simple squared-off barrier) ; masugata-mukai-koguchi 桝形向かい虎口 (square box-like enclosure with facing gateways) ; shitomi-no-doi 蔀の土居 (embankment with screening plant) ; umadashinashi-no-koguchi 馬出無しの虎口 (gateway with no barriers) ; hidarisode-no-yousu 左袖の様子 (left sleeve gateway). Chikirinawa was one of the five basic principles of castle planning nawabarihou 縄張法, used by Edo period military scholars. The other four were: genryunawa 現籠縄, chinryunawa 沈籠縄, manjinawa 満字縄, and yamatonawa 大和縄. | ||||||
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