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Arrows were often stored there, with other equipment. As castles served as the luxurious homes of Japan's feudal lords (the daimyō), it was not uncommon for a castle to have an astronomy tower or a tower that provided a good vantage point for enjoying the natural beauty of the scenery. Japan has rarely feared invasion or maintained border forts.
Himeji Castle is the most visited castle in Japan [1] and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Japanese Sengoku period from the mid-15th to early 17th century was a time of nearly continual military conflict. Powerful military lords known as daimyōs, such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi or Tokugawa Ieyasu, struggled to unify Japan. [2]
Fujimi Mokei Co., Ltd. (フジミ模型株式会社, Fujimi Mokei Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture.It produces plastic model kits of a variety of vehicles, including model aircraft, model cars, model ships and model armored vehicles along with historical structures and science fiction kits.
Joe Earle is an author and ... 1852 1986,” Burlington Magazine, 1005 (Dec. 1986), 864 73; Japanese Art and ... Japanese Lacquer: The Chiddingstone Castle Collection ...
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 written as 郭, and the term maru (丸) is also used for castles built after the Edo period.
In 1579, Oda Nobunaga commissioned Kanō Eitoku (1543-1590), the most famous Japanese painter of his time, to create a pair of folding screens of Azuchi castle. [1] [3] [2] It was a meticulously detailed birds-eye view of the fortress and its nearby town. [1] [3] [2] In 1581, the Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano (1539 – 1606
Takeda Castle (竹田城, Takeda-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Wadayama neighborhood of the city of Asago, in the northern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. [1] It is located north of Himeji , and north-west of Kyoto , and is situated some 353 metres above sea level [ 2 ] It is often referred to locally as the " Machu ...