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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