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dejiro 出城 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / castles | ||||||
1 Outer
citadel. Also tsukejiro 付け城, hajiro 端城, edajiro 枝城.
A type of branch castle or fortress, built on the borders of a domain, or
at a strategic location within a domain in order to protect the main castle
*honjou 本城. Commonly
found in medieval times . 2 A small castle or tower built onto and projecting from a larger castle. A projecting tower of this type is called demaru 出丸. |
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