isama　居狭間

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

Loopholes or gun ports that are cut in a castle wall at the height of a seated defender's shoulder. The holes are mainly used for shooting firearms and the most common shapes are small circles, squares, vertical rectangles and triangles.

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