sodemasugata　袖桝形

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

A defensive square projection in a castle wall on one side of the castle entrance *koguchi 虎口. Where a sodemasugata is built on both sides of a gate the term ryousode masugata 両袖桝形 is used.

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*yokoya masugata 横矢桝形

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