okajou 丘城
KEY WORD : architecture / castles
 
Lit. hill castle. Also termed kyuuryou joukaku 丘陵城郭.

1 A castle built on a hillock, oka 丘, as opposed a castle on a high mountain *yamajiro 山城.

2 The term okajou may refer to a flatland mountain castle. See *hirayamajiro 平山城.
 
 

 
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