kakehashi　掛橋

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

Also written 架橋 and 懸橋. A wooden bridge that spans a water-filled moat. Supported by posts, the bridge can be removed when a castle is attacked by enemy forces, and thus is most appropriate for castles built principally for defense purposes, in-no-shiro 陰の城 (yin castle).

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*in'you-no-kuruwa 陰陽の郭

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