tsume-no-shiro　詰の城

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

Also read tsumejiro 詰城 or written 爪城 or tsume-no-shiro 攻の城. 1　The castle that guards the back of the main castle and serves as a retreat point when the main castle can no longer be defended. Of a group of allied castles, it is the castle located furthest back from the point of enemy attack, usually on the top of a mountain, relatively close to the main castle. 2　The innermost ward *honmaru 本丸 of a castle as opposed to the secondary ward *ni-no-maru 二の丸 and tertiary ward san-no-maru 三の丸. 3　The main castle *honjou 本城 in contrast to a branch castle *shijou 支城.

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