suteguruwa　捨郭

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

A sacrifical compound constructed in front of a main compound. A camp used to launch an attacking force. When a force moves to defensive attitude, the camp is abandoned. The camp does not have a high earthen embankment, walls or towers on the side of the camp that fouces the main compound in order to allow an unimpeded shooting of arrows and muskets from the main compound. In an early modern castle, the tertiary ward, san-no-maru 三の丸, may have been a precursor to the sacrifical compound.

REFERENCES:

EXTERNAL LINKS:

NOTES:

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission. 掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。