kotenshu　小天守

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

A small subsidiary tower. When a castle complex has two or more donjons, the largest is called *daitenshu 大天守, or princpal tower. The others are called kotenshu. At Himejijou 姫路城 in Hyougo prefecture, for example, there is a daitenshu and three kotenshu.

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