enclosures: the Suwa-kuruwa ( 諏訪曲輪 ) [A], Sasa-kuruwa ( 笹曲輪 ) [B], Minami-kuruwa ( 南曲輪 ) [C] and Hōdōji-kuruwa ( 法幢寺曲輪 ) [D]. Most of the gates were box-shaped...

丸の内曲輪 ) and Kannonji Kuruwa ( 観音寺曲輪 ) and to the east as the long and narrow Higashiobi Kuruwa ( 東帯曲輪), and in the south the Yorimasa Kuruwa ( 頼政曲輪) and...

Kuruwa (曲輪, くるわ) is a Japanese term for the walls of a Japanese castle, and the regions bounded by the arrangement of those walls. The term may also be...

in fire prevention. The castle complex, particularly the Waist Quarter (腰曲輪, koshikuruwa), contains numerous warehouses that were used to store rice,...

The Ōguruwa Shell Midden (大曲輪貝塚, Ōguruwa kaizuka) is an archaeological site with a shell midden and Jōmon period settlement site located in the Yamashitatori...

defense lay in the arrangement of the baileys, called maru (丸) or kuruwa (曲輪). Maru, meaning 'round' or 'circle' in most contexts, here refers to sections...

positioned at the northern end; a Koshi no kuruwa (腰曲輪), a Awaji maru (淡路丸) and a Sakakiyama kuruwa (榊山曲輪) enclose the inner citadel. Each area is protected...

natural hill. The top of the hill was levelled for use as the main courtyard (本曲輪 hon-kuruwa) at a height of 20 meters above ground level. Thus, among Japanese...

(三の丸) and Tsume-no-Maru (詰の丸 ) Baileys, and the Minami-Kuruwa (南曲輪 ) and Nishi-Kuruwa (西曲輪) forecourts. This outer ring of defences was also surrounded by...

(San-no-Maru) [3] by bridges, with the Main Bastion (Koromo-no-nami kuruwa (衣之波曲輪 )) [K] containing the Main Gate (Ōtemon) [A] facing the shore. During the...

63465334; 137.19540835 (Ōarako Kiln ruins) 6 1454 Ōguruwa Shell Midden 大曲輪貝塚 Ōguruwa kaizuka Mizuho-ku, Nagoya Jōmon period midden & settlement trace...