tsuribei　釣塀

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

A decoy wall, or pseudo-wall. A wall that was built so as to hang over an earthen embankment or stone wall of a castle. When an attacking enemy approached, the decoy wall would be cut down and allowed to fall outside onto the troops below. Kusunoki Masahige 楠正成 (1294-1336) used this type of wall at his Chihayajou 千早城 and Akasakajou 赤阪城. TAIHEIKI 太平記 (ca. 1372) also mentions the tsuribei.

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