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Japanese castle

Index Japanese castle

were fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. [1]

199 relations: Abatis, Abolition of the han system, Ainu people, Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Aizuwakamatsu Castle, Alexander Soper, Ancient Rome, Aomori Prefecture, Arquebus, Ashikaga shogunate, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Azuchi Castle, Azuchi–Momoyama period, Ōgaki, Ōmi Province, Ōnin War, Banchō Sarayashiki, Barracks, Bastion fort, Battle of Aizu, Battle of Hakodate, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Sekigahara, Battle of Shiroyama, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, Boshin War, Caltrop, Cannon, Castanea crenata, Castle, Castle town, Catapult, Chashi, Chōshū Domain, Cherry blossom, Chihaya Castle, China, Choke point, Daimyō, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Edo, Edo Castle, Edo period, Emishi, Emperor Meiji, Europe, Fall of Osaka Castle, First Sino-Japanese War, Fortification, ..., Fukui Prefecture, Fukuoka Castle, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Fushimi Castle, Gable, Gamagōri, Gatling gun, Genpei War, Gifu Prefecture, Goryōkaku, Government of Meiji Japan, Great Wall of China, Gusuku, Hadrian's Wall, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Hakodate, Hakumai Castle, Han system, Hand-to-hand combat, Heian period, Hikone Castle, Himeji Castle, Hirado Castle, Hirosaki Castle, Hiroshima Castle, Hokkaido, Honshu, Horagai, Imperial General Headquarters, Imperial Japanese Army, Inawashiro, Inuyama Castle, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Japan's Top 100 Castles, Japanese Alps, Japanese architecture, Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98), Japanese language, Jōkamachi, Jin'ya, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Castle, Kanazawa Castle, Kanji, Kōchi Castle, Kōgoishi, Knight, Komine Castle, Korea, Korean-style fortresses in Japan, Kumamoto Castle, Kuruwa, Kusunoki Masashige, Kyoto, Kyushu, Later Hōjō clan, List of castles in Japan, List of National Treasures of Japan (castles), Marugame Castle, Maruoka Castle, Matsue Castle, Matsumae Castle, Matsumoto Castle, Matsusaka Castle, Matsusaka, Mie, Matsuyama Castle (Iyo), Meiji Restoration, Mie Prefecture, Mihama, Fukui, Minamoto clan, Mongol invasions of Japan, Motte-and-bailey castle, Mount Fuji, Nagoya, Nagoya Castle, Nanboku-chō period, Nara period, Nationalism, Naval gunfire support, Nightingale floor, Nijō Castle, Ninohe, Iwate, Nishikawa Castle, Oda Nobunaga, Odawara Castle, Okayama, Okinawa Island, Osaka, Osaka Castle, Palisade, Parapet, Pine, Prunus mume, Rammed earth, Rampart (fortification), Rōnin, Red-light district, Reinforced concrete, Republic of Ezo, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Kingdom, Saigō Takamori, Samurai, Sankin-kōtai, Satsuma Domain, Satsuma Rebellion, Sengoku period, Seppuku, Shōgun, Shikoku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shoin, Shuri Castle, Siege of Akasaka, Siege of Osaka, Stockade, Strategic bombing during World War II, Sunpu Castle, Taiko, Taira clan, Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki), Tōhoku region, Tenshu, Thirty-Second Army (Japan), Toba, Mie, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Tokyo, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Topography, Toyokawa, Aichi, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Trebuchet, Tsuruga, Fukui, USS Mississippi (BB-41), Uwajima Castle, Wakayama, Wakayama, Wattle and daub, Wood, World Heritage site, Yagura (tower), Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamato people, Yoshiwara, 18th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army), 4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army). Expand index (149 more) »

Abatis

An abatis, abattis, or abbattis is a field fortification consisting of an obstacle formed (in the modern era) of the branches of trees laid in a row, with the sharpened tops directed outwards, towards the enemy.

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Abolition of the han system

The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, starting year of Meiji period (currently, there are 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Japan).

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Ainu people

The Ainu or the Aynu (Ainu アィヌ ''Aynu''; Japanese: アイヌ Ainu; Russian: Айны Ajny), in the historical Japanese texts the Ezo (蝦夷), are an indigenous people of Japan (Hokkaido, and formerly northeastern Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and formerly the Kamchatka Peninsula).

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Aizu

is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east.

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Aizuwakamatsu

is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Aizuwakamatsu Castle

, also known as Tsuruga Castle (鶴ヶ城 Tsuru-ga-jō) is a concrete replica of a traditional Japanese castle in northern Japan, at the center of the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Alexander Soper

Alexander Coburn Soper III (February 18, 1904 – January 13, 1993) was an American art historian who specialized in Asian art.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Aomori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region.

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Arquebus

The arquebus, derived from the German Hakenbüchse, was a form of long gun that appeared in Europe during the 15th century.

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Ashikaga shogunate

The, also known as the,Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

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Azuchi Castle

was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga.

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Azuchi–Momoyama period

The is the final phase of the in Japan.

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Ōgaki

Ōgaki Castle is a city located in Gifu, Japan.

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Ōmi Province

is an old province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture.

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Ōnin War

The was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan.

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Banchō Sarayashiki

is a Japanese ghost story (kaidan) of broken trust and broken promises, leading to a dismal fate.

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Barracks

A barrack or barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers.

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Bastion fort

A bastion fort, a type of trace Italienne (literally, Italian outline), is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield.

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Battle of Aizu

The Battle of Aizu (Japanese: 会津戦争, "War of Aizu") was fought in northern Japan in autumn 1868, and was part of the Boshin War.

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Battle of Hakodate

The was fought in Japan from December 4, 1868 to June 27, 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate army, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the armies of the newly formed Imperial government (composed mainly of forces of the Chōshū and the Satsuma domains).

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Battle of Okinawa

The (Uchinaa ikusa), codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month), that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Battle of Shiroyama

The took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan.

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Bitchū Matsuyama Castle

, also known as Takahashi Castle, is a castle located in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Boshin War

The, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.

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Caltrop

A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's footBattle of Alesia (Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 52 BC)), Battlefield Detectives program, (2006), rebroadcast: 2008-09-08 on History Channel International (13;00-14:00 hrs EDST); Note: No mention of name caltrop at all, but illustrated and given as battle key to defend Roman lines of circumvaliation per recent digs evidence.

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Cannon

A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant.

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Castanea crenata

Castanea crenata, known as Korean chestnut, Korean castanea, and Japanese chestnut, is a species of chestnut originally native to Japan and South Korea.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Castle town

A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle.

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Catapult

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

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Chashi

is the Japanese term for the hilltop fortifications of the Ainu.

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Chōshū Domain

The was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867).

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Cherry blossom

A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら).

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Chihaya Castle

was a Japanese castle, constructed in 1332 by Kusunoki Masashige.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Choke point

In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint) is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile or a bridge or at sea such as a strait, which an armed force is forced to pass, sometimes on a substantially narrower front and therefore greatly decreasing its combat power, to reach its objective.

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Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Dazaifu, Fukuoka

is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Edo

, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo Castle

, also known as, is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Emishi

The constituted an ethnic group of people who lived in northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region which was referred to as in contemporary sources.

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Emperor Meiji

, or, was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from February 3, 1867 until his death on July 29, 1912.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fall of Osaka Castle

On February 2, 1868, the Tokugawa-held Osaka Castle was captured by pro-Imperial "Kangun" forces.

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First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing dynasty of China and Empire of Japan, primarily for influence over Joseon.

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Fortification

A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.

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Fukui Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island.

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Fukuoka Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.

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Fukuyama, Hiroshima

is a city located on the Ashida River in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Fushimi Castle

, also known as or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a castle in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Gamagōri

is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Gatling gun

The Gatling gun is one of the best-known early rapid-fire spring loaded, hand cranked weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun.

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Genpei War

The (1180–1185) was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan.

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Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of central Japan.

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Goryōkaku

is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido.

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Government of Meiji Japan

The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s.

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Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe with an eye to expansion.

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Gusuku

often refers to castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that feature stone walls.

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Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall (Vallum Aelium), also called the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Hadriani in Latin, was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian.

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Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Hakodate

is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Hakumai Castle

is a yamashiro, or mountain castle, located in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Han system

The or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyō in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Hand-to-hand combat

Hand-to-hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a lethal or non-lethal physical confrontation between two or more persons at very short range (grappling distance, or within the physical reach of a handheld weapon) that does not involve the use of ranged weapons.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Hikone Castle

is a Japanese Edo-period castle in the city of Hikone, in Shiga Prefecture.

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Himeji Castle

is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in the city of Himeji which is located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.

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Hirado Castle

was the seat of the Matsura clan, the daimyō of Hirado Domain, of Hizen Province, Kyūshū.

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Hirosaki Castle

is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611.

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Hiroshima Castle

, sometimes called, was a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the home of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief).

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Horagai

Also see Conch (instrument) are large conch shells, usually from Charonia tritonis, that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries.

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Imperial General Headquarters

The was part of the Supreme War Council and was established in 1893 to coordinate efforts between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during wartime.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Inawashiro

is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Inuyama Castle

is located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Iwate Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan's Top 100 Castles

The castles in were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the in 2006.

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Japanese Alps

The is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshū (本州).

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Japanese architecture

has traditionally been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs.

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Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)

The Japanese invasions of Korea comprised two separate yet linked operations: an initial invasion in 1592, a brief truce in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Jōkamachi

The term refers to a type of urban structures in Japan in which the city surrounds a feudal lord’s castle.

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Jin'ya

:Not to be confused with the word jinja, which denotes a Shinto shrine. During the Edo period of Japanese history, a was the administrative headquarters of a small domain or parcel of land held by the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the residence of the head of the administration, and the associated grain storehouse.

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Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin.

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Kagoshima Castle

, also known as Tsurumaru Castle, is a Japanese castle in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanazawa Castle

is a large, partially-restored castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Kōchi Castle

is a castle located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Kōgoishi

Kōgoishi (神篭石 or 神籠石) are earthenwork structures, on a stone foundation, constructed in Japan during the Asuka period, particularly in areas around Fukuoka, on the island of Kyūshū.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Komine Castle

is a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Shirakawa, southern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Korean-style fortresses in Japan

Over the course of the Yamato period, in the early centuries of the establishment of a Japanese state, a great number of Korean-style fortresses (朝鮮式山城, Chōsen-shiki yamajiro) were constructed in Japan.

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Kumamoto Castle

is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Kuruwa

is a Japanese term that refers to the walls of a Japanese castle, and the regions bounded by the arrangement of those walls.

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Kusunoki Masashige

was a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War, the attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Later Hōjō clan

The Later was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region.

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List of castles in Japan

This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability.

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List of National Treasures of Japan (castles)

The Japanese Sengoku period from the mid-15th to early 17th century was a time of nearly continual military conflict.

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Marugame Castle

, also known as Kameyama Castle and Horai Castle, is a hirayama shiro (castle situated on a hill surrounded by a plain) located in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Maruoka Castle

is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan.

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Matsue Castle

is a feudal castle in Matsue in Shimane prefecture, Japan.

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Matsumae Castle

is a castle located in Matsumae in Hokkaidō, Japan, and is the northernmost castle in Japan.

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Matsumoto Castle

is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji Castle and Kumamoto Castle.

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Matsusaka Castle

was a Japanese castle (now in ruins) located in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Matsusaka, Mie

is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Matsuyama Castle (Iyo)

is a flatland-mountain castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, whose height is 132 meters, in Matsuyama city in Ehime Prefecture (the former Iyo Province).

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, which is part of the Kansai region on the main Honshu island.

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Mihama, Fukui

is a town located in the Mikata District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility.

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Mongol invasions of Japan

The, which took place in 1274 and 1281, were major military efforts undertaken by Kublai Khan to conquer the Japanese archipelago after the submission of Goryeo (Korea) to vassaldom.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Mount Fuji

, located on Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), 2nd-highest peak of an island (volcanic) in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Nagoya Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Nanboku-chō period

The, spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japanese history.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

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Naval gunfire support

Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.

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Nightingale floor

, were floors designed to make a chirping sound when walked upon.

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Nijō Castle

is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan.

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Ninohe, Iwate

is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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Nishikawa Castle

was a branch castle of the Saigo Clan in the Mikawa region during the Age of Warring States in Japan.

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Oda Nobunaga

was a powerful daimyō (feudal lord) of Japan in the late 16th century who attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period, and successfully gained control over most of Honshu.

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Odawara Castle

is a landmark in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Okayama

is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.

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Okinawa Island

is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Osaka Castle

is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Palisade

A palisade—sometimes called a stakewall or a paling—is typically a fence or wall made from wooden stakes or tree trunks and used as a defensive structure or enclosure.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Prunus mume

The Prunus mume is an Asian tree species classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus subgenus Prunus.

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Rammed earth

Rammed earth, also known as taipa in Portuguese, tapial or tapia in Spanish, pisé (de terre) in French, and hangtu, is a technique for constructing foundations, floors, and walls using natural raw materials such as earth, chalk, lime, or gravel.

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Rampart (fortification)

In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of bank or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.

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Rōnin

A was a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan.

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Red-light district

A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters are found.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete (RC) (also called reinforced cement concrete or RCC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Republic of Ezo

The was a short-lived state established in 1869 by a part of the former Tokugawa military in what is now known as Hokkaido, the large but sparsely populated northernmost island in modern Japan.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of islands annexed by Japan that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost.

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawan: Ruuchuu-kuku; 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Middle Chinese: Ljuw-gjuw kwok; historical English name: Lewchew, Luchu, and Loochoo) was an independent kingdom that ruled most of the Ryukyu Islands from the 15th to the 19th century.

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Saigō Takamori

was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Sankin-kōtai

was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history.

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Satsuma Domain

, also known as Kagoshima Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.

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Satsuma Rebellion

The was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government, nine years into the Meiji Era.

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Sengoku period

The is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict.

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Seppuku

Seppuku (切腹, "cutting belly"), sometimes referred to as harakiri (腹切り, "abdomen/belly cutting", a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shikoku

is the smallest (long and between wide) and least populous (3.8 million) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of the island of Kyushu.

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Shizuoka, Shizuoka

is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area.

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Shoin

is a type of audience hall in Japanese architecture that was developed during the Muromachi period.

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Shuri Castle

is a Ryukyuan gusuku in Shuri, Okinawa.

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Siege of Akasaka

The Siege of Akasaka was one of the earlier battles of the Genkō War between the figurehead Emperor Godaigo and the largely Hōjō controlled Kamakura shogunate during the final years of the Kamakura period in Japan.

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Siege of Osaka

The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.

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Stockade

A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs placed side by side vertically with the tops sharpened as a defensive wall.

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Strategic bombing during World War II

Strategic bombing during World War II was the sustained aerial attack on railways, harbours, cities, workers' housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory during World War II.

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Sunpu Castle

was a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

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Taiko

are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments.

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Taira clan

was a major Japanese clan of samurai.

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Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)

is located in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

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Tōhoku region

The, Northeast region, or Northeast Japan consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Tenshu

''Tenshu'' at Matsue Castle is an architectural typology found in Japanese castle complexes.

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Thirty-Second Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the final stages of World War II.

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Toba, Mie

is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.

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Tokugawa Yoshinobu

was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo Imperial Palace

The is the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.

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Toyokawa, Aichi

is a city located in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".

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Trebuchet

A trebuchet (French trébuchet) is a type of siege engine.

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Tsuruga, Fukui

is a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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USS Mississippi (BB-41)

USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state.

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Uwajima Castle

is a hirayama-jiro (Japanese castle on a hill on a plain) in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan.

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Wakayama, Wakayama

is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Wattle and daub

Wattle and daub is a composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.

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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Yagura (tower)

is the Japanese word for "tower", "turret", "keep", or "scaffold".

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Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

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Yamato people

The and are an East Asian ethnic group and nation native to the Japanese archipelago.

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Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous in Edo, present-day Tōkyō, Japan.

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18th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

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4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_castle

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