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tsukejiro 付城 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / castles | ||||||
1 A
fortification built as a staging camp from which to attack an enemy's castle.
It is usually small in scale, with only one or two enclosures, and often with
an earthen embankment and a moat. Also called a confronting castle, *tai-no-shiro
対の城, or a facing castle, mukaijiro 向城. 2 A branch castle or fortification, *shijou 支城, separate from the main castle and built at stategic locations within the domain and along its borders. |
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